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Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:
Kirk Can't Vote After Tuesday — GOP lawyers say Paul Kirk will no longer be a senator after election day. — Appointed Senator Paul Kirk will lose his vote in the Senate after Tuesday's election in Massachusetts of a new senator and cannot be the 60th vote for Democratic health care legislation, according to Republican attorneys.
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Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit:
A REPORT FROM THE SCOTT BROWN RALLY AT WORCESTER: “It's an absolute mob scene. The police have closed off the streets. It's mind blowing. The hall is already full, and it holds 3,000 people. There may be another 1,000 people outside.” — Meanwhile, reader Sean Fitzpatrick writes: “Pictures don't do justice.
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Charlie Cook: Brown now favored — Hours before President Barack Obama's appearance with the Democratic candidate in the Massachusetts Senate race, political handicapper Charlie Cook sent an unusual weekend update to his Cook Political Report subscribers saying that Scott Brown, the Republican, is now a slight favorite.
Felicia Sonmez / Hotline On Call:
Brown Rallies A Revitalized GOP — WEST SPRINGFIELD, MA — State Sen. Scott Brown (R) brought his surging campaign to this western MA town this a.m., rallying a crowd of GOPers more energized than many in attendance could remember. — Standing on a platform in front of the truck …
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
What we're seeing in Massachusetts: week 2 — Here's what we saw on day 1 of our Massachusetts poll: —The electorate is becoming more Democratic. Last weekend we found it at Obama +16 and now we see it at Obama +20. So all the efforts to get the party base more engaged in the election are paying off.
insidemedford.com:
Brown Has 9.6% Lead in New Poll — Brown supporters focused most on pocketbook issues, Coakley supporters on healthcare reform, undecided voters split — A poll conducted by the Merriman River Group (MRG) and InsideMedford.com indicates that Scott Brown leads Martha Coakley 50.8% …
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Brown Campaign Now Says “He Doesn't Believe” Obama Born Out Of Wedlock; But No Apology — As you may have heard, an incendiary video is making the rounds in which Scott Brown questioned whether Obama's parents were married when he was born — and Dems are pounding him over it.
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:Obama says Mass. voters face stark choice in special election
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Jeffrey Young / The Hill:McConnell: Healthcare will be ‘toxic’ for Democrats in 2010, '12
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Michael Graham / The Natural Truth:Brown Supporters: The Most Motivated Voters Ever?
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Jules Crittenden:Political Prescience Hurtfully Poo-Poo'd
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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
New York Times Ready to Charge Online Readers — New York Times Chairman Arthur Sulzberger Jr. appears close to announcing that the paper will begin charging for access to its website, according to people familiar with internal deliberations. After a year of sometimes fraught debate inside the paper …
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Times of London:
World misled over Himalayan glacier meltdown — A WARNING that climate change will melt most of the Himalayan glaciers by 2035 is likely to be retracted after a series of scientific blunders by the United Nations body that issued it. — Two years ago the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change …
Washington Post:
Poll shows growing disappointment, polarization over Obama's performance — A year into his presidency, President Obama faces a polarized nation and souring public assessments of his efforts to change Washington, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
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Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:President Obama at One Year: Lower Ratings, Higher Doubts
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
“My Vote For Brown Isn't A Vote Against Obama” Ctd — A reader writes: … I'll try. First off, there's no compromise with the current GOP. They make Gingrich look like Pope John XXIII. If they got back majorities in the Congress, there will be no debt reduction …
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David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
Gay marriage supporters fear Supreme Court's ruling was an omen — When justices intervened to stop proceedings from airing online, some saw sympathy for supporters of Proposition 8 - and a lack of faith in the district judge who will first decide the measure's fate.
Guardian:
US accused of annexing airport — Priority landing for Americans forces flights carrying emergency supplies to divert to Dominican Republic — The US military's takeover of emergency operations in Haiti has triggered a diplomatic row with countries and aid agencies furious at having flights redirected.
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Paul Krugman:
Brown, Coakley, And the Outrage Gap — About Paul Krugman — Paul Krugman is an Op-Ed columnist for The New York Times. — Comments of the Moment
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Heather / Crooks and Liars:
Harold Ford Jr.: It Was Good to Hear President Bush's Voice — Yeah, I just love the sound of fingernails across a chalkboard too, Harold. It's hard to feel good about these two leading the fundraising effort for Haiti knowing full well the damage they helped heap upon that country …
Howard Fineman / Newsweek:
Roger Ailes is the real head of the GOP. — From the magazine issue dated Jan 25, 2010 — I've been trying to answer this question: does the Republican Party have a “leader”? Surely it's not Michael Steele, the loose-lipped chairman of the RNC. Not Mitch McConnell …
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Frank Rich / New York Times:The Great Tea Party Rip-Off
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