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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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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.
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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.
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Joe Lieberman Endorsement Scott Brown Latest Polls Show Widening Lead — Hartford, CT- Joe Lieberman may be close to announcing his suppport for Massachusetts Senate Candidate Scott Brown. Citing the historical Healthcare Reform Bill as the main issue attracting Lieberman to endorse Brown's Campaign.
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.
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 …
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Sen. Kirk: New Mass. senator will be sworn in ‘as quickly as possible’ — A new Massachusetts senator will be sworn in as quickly as possible, Sen. Paul Kirk (D-Mass.) pledged Sunday. — Kirk, the senator in the interregnum until Tuesday's special election to permanently fill the seat …
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Lieberman has no plans to endorse in Mass. Senate race — Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) has no plans to make an endorsement in Massachusetts's special election on Tuesday. — A spokesman for the senator shot down rumors that Lieberman would weigh in on the closely-watched special election …
Michael Graham / The Natural Truth:Brown Supporters: The Most Motivated Voters Ever?
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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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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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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 …
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Frank Rich / New York Times:
The Great Tea Party Rip-Off — Even given the low bar set by America's bogus conversations about race, the short-lived Harry Reid fracas was a most peculiar nonevent. For all the hyperventilation in cable news land, this supposed racial brawl didn't seem to generate any controversy whatsoever in what is known as the real world.
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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.
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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Barack Obama / Newsweek:
Why Haiti Matters — In the tragic aftermath of Haiti's 7.0 earthquake, images of the disaster break our hearts and remind us of the fragility of life. What America must do now—and why. — From the magazine issue dated Jan 25, 2010 — In the last week, we have been deeply moved …
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