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Felicia Sonmez / Hotline On Call:
After Obama Rally, Dems Pin Blame On Bush — As audience members streamed out of Pres. Obama's rally on behalf of AG Martha Coakley (D) here tonight, the consensus was that the fault for Coakley's now-floundering MA SEN bid lies with one person — George W. Bush.
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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 …
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% …
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 …
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 …
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.
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
PPP: Brown up 5 — Public Policy Polling's final survey finds Scott Brown up 51% to 46%, a result that's within the margin for error of the poll but which mirrors most other recent polls in giving the Republican a lead in the race. — The quick summary: — Over the last week Brown …
Roger L Simon / Pajamas Media:Sunday PJM/CrossTarget Poll: Brown up 9.6% among likely voters
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Mike Allen / The Politico:Charlie Cook: Brown now favored
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:Obama says Mass. voters face stark choice in Tuesday's special election
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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 …
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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.
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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 officials briefed on the matter.
New York Times:
Review of Jet Bomb Plot Shows More Missed Clues — WASHINGTON — Worried about possible terrorist attacks over the Christmas holiday, President Obama met on Dec. 22 with top officials of the C.I.A., F.B.I. and Department of Homeland Security, who ticked off a list of possible plots …
Washington Post:
Fewer Americans think Obama has advanced race relations, poll shows — Soaring expectations about the effect of the first black president on U.S. race relations have collided with a more mundane reality, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. — On the eve of President Obama's inauguration …
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CNN:
Taliban attack in downtown Kabul — Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) — An attack in which the Taliban claimed to have infiltrated key government sites in central Kabul killed five people on Monday morning, hospital officials said. — Thirty-eight other people were injured, said Dr. Kabir Amiri, head of Kabul hospitals.
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.
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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