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12:40 AM ET, January 18, 2010

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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Massachusetts Senate Poll  —  Scott Brown leads Martha Coakley 51-46 in our final Massachusetts Senate poll, an advantage that is within the margin of error for the poll.  —  Over the last week Brown has continued his dominance with independents and increased his ability to win over Obama voters …
CNN:
Sources: Obama advisers believe Coakley will lose  —  Washington (CNN) - Multiple advisers to President Obama have privately told party officials that they believe Democrat Martha Coakley is going to lose Tuesday's special election to fill the Massachusetts Senate seat held by the late Ted Kennedy …
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.
Roger L Simon / Pajamas Media:
Sunday PJM/CrossTarget Poll: Brown up 9.6% among likely voters  —  A poll taken Sunday afternoon while President Obama was in Massachusetts campaigning for Democrat Martha Coakley against Republican Scott Brown for the open Senate seat in that state showed Brown leading his Democratic opponent by 9.6% …
Discussion: CNN
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.
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.
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:
Obama says Mass. voters face stark choice in Tuesday's special election
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog
Jeffrey Young / The Hill:
McConnell: Healthcare will be ‘toxic’ for Democrats in 2010, '12
Discussion: Think Progress
The Politico:
Mass. pols vie to channel voters' anger
Discussion: Hot Air and Ben Smith's Blog
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
538 Still Rates Massachusetts as Toss-up
Boston Globe:
Obama stumps for Coakley; Scott Brown holds counter-rally
Discussion: Daily Kos and Eye on 2010
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Sen. Kirk: New Mass. senator will be sworn in ‘as quickly as possible’
Michael Graham / The Natural Truth:
Brown Supporters: The Most Motivated Voters Ever?
Discussion: Power Line and DaTechguy's Blog
Joan Vennochi / Boston Globe:
Blame Beacon Hill
Discussion: PostPartisan
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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Ann Althouse / Althouse:
We're going to have to pay to read the NYT on line.
Discussion: PoliBlog, Doug Ross and Mashable!
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.
New York Post:
Dave Paterson's Latina lovely  —  Gov gets cozy with gal in eatery  —  Gov. Paterson was spotted nuzzling, neck-kissing and cooing like a smitten schoolboy with a pretty young woman — not his wife — in a New Jersey steakhouse yesterday afternoon, The Post has learned.
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 …
Discussion: Dennis the Peasant
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
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Eric Dash / New York Times:
Wall St. Weighs a Challenge to a Proposed Tax  —  Wall Street's main lobbying arm has hired a top Supreme Court litigator to study a possible legal battle against a bank tax proposed by the Obama administration, on the theory that it would be unconstitutional, according to three industry executives briefed on the matter.
Discussion: New York Times
 
 
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