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2:33 AM ET, January 18, 2010

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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% …
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.
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
538 Still Rates Massachusetts as Toss-up  —  Please don't be too enthralled with/scared by the specific numbers below.  They're based a number of assumptions which may not be valid.  However, I agree with the characterization that the model comes to, which is that the Massachusetts special election …
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.
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
PPP: Brown up 5  —  Public Policy Polling's final survey finds …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Boston Globe:
Obama stumps for Coakley; Scott Brown holds counter-rally
Discussion: Daily Kos and Eye on 2010
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Obama says Mass. voters face stark choice in Tuesday's special election
The Politico:
Mass. pols vie to channel voters' anger
Discussion: Hot Air and Ben Smith's Blog
Jeffrey Young / The Hill:
McConnell: Healthcare will be ‘toxic’ for Democrats in 2010, '12
Discussion: Think Progress
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: Wizbang and 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.
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.
Patricia Cohen / New York Times:
Professor Is a Label That Leans to the Left  —  The overwhelmingly liberal tilt of university professors has been explained by everything from outright bias to higher I.Q. scores.  Now new research suggests that critics may have been asking the wrong question.
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Last-minute TV ad buys raise the stakes in Massachusetts Senate race  —  Just how big are the stakes in the Massachusetts Senate race?  Independent and party groups were set to spend nearly $5 million on television ads in the final weeks leading up to Tuesday's special election between state …
The Politico:
Mass. pols vie to channel voters' anger  —  The last-minute Obama event was plainly intended to remedy Coakley's various political deficits.  A lack of perceived warmth, for instance, was answered with an introduction by her niece, who called her the “favorite aunt of my three young daughters.”
Discussion: Power Line
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
 
 
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