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9:20 AM ET, January 19, 2010

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Mike Allen / The Politico:
Obama plans combative turn  —  President Barack Obama plans a combative response if, as White House aides fear, Democrats lose Tuesday's special Senate election in Massachusetts, close advisers say.  —  “This is not a moment that causes the president or anybody who works for him to express any doubt …
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
538 Model Posits Brown as 3:1 Favorite  —  The FiveThirtyEight Senate Forecasting Model, which correctly predicted the outcome of all 35 Senate races in 2008, now regards Republican Scott Brown as a 74 percent favorite to win the Senate seat in Massachusetts on the basis of new polling from ARG …
Johnny Dollar / Olbermann Watch:
Joe Scarborough Slams ‘Reckless’ Olbermann for Unhinged Personal Attacks on Scott Brown!  —  Here is what the infamous, deplorable Keith Olbermann spewed tonight (via The Right Scoop):  —  Moments later, in a rare example of criticism from his own colleagues, his diatribe was blasted by MSNBC's Joe Scarborough:
New York Times:
Democrats May Seek to Push Health Bill Through House  —  WASHINGTON — The White House and Democratic Congressional leaders, scrambling for a backup plan to rescue their health care legislation if Republicans win the special election in Massachusetts on Tuesday, have begun laying the groundwork …
David Catanese / The Politico:
New poll: Brown up 9  —  A new InsiderAdvantage poll conducted exclusively for POLITICO shows Republican Scott Brown surging to a 9-point advantage over Martha Coakley a day before Massachusetts voters trek to the ballot box to choose a new senator.  —  According to the survey conducted Sunday evening …
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Good news: Obama to take “combative” approach to Brown victory  —  A follow-up to last week's video clip of The One promising to make the midterms a referendum on ObamaCare, which is working like gangbusters right now for Marcia or Marla or whatever her name is.
Steve Kornacki:
Coakley internals: +1, with a catch
Boston Globe:
Sen. Kerry says Scott Brown supporters engaged in bullying, threats
John Bresnahan / The Politico:
NRSC worked under radar in Mass.
MyFox Boston:
Poll: Scott Brown surges to double-digit lead over Martha Coakley
Michael Graham / Boston Herald:
Nothing Madisonian in this Martha
Discussion: JammieWearingFool
Jim Hoft / Gateway Pundit:
Unreal... Martha Coakley Holds Rally at MLK Breakfast With Scott …
The Note:
‘Revolution in the Streets’: Mass. Republicans Prep for Fight …
Joseph Curl / Washington Times:
Irish bookie pays off Brown bets early
Joe Garofoli / SFGate:   Pelosi: Whatever happens in MA Senate race, health care will pass (VIDEO)
Washington Post:
FBI broke law for years in phone record searches  —  The FBI illegally collected more than 2,000 U.S. telephone call records between 2002 and 2006 by invoking terrorism emergencies that did not exist or simply persuading phone companies to provide records, according to internal bureau memos and interviews.
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Obama's Discontents  —  Bernard Avishai on the election in Massachusetts: … The frustration on the left with Obama — and with healthcare reform specifically — was almost inevitable.  During the campaign, a lot of people chose to see in him what they wanted to see …
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Bernard Avishai / TPMCafe:
Who's To Blame?  —  I am mostly living far from Massachusetts …
Discussion: TalkLeft
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
From Depression To Rage  —  We have heard a lot from those furious that Obama has not solved all our problems overnight, how they feel that this country has somehow been taken away from them, how they feel a disconnect from the president.  But maybe it's time for a different kind of rage …
CBS News:
Poll: Most Don't Want Sarah Palin to Run for President  —  Posted by Kevin Hechtkopf A new CBS News poll finds that a large majority of Americans say they do not want former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin to run for president.  —  Specifically, 71 percent say they do not want the former …
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
A Looming Landslide For Brown  —  Democrats can stop hoping at this point.  —  I can see no alternative scenario but a huge - staggeringly huge - victory for the FNC/RNC machine tomorrow.  They crafted a strategy of total oppositionism to anything Obama proposed a year ago.
Aislinn Laing / Telegraph:
US accused of ‘occupying’ Haiti as troops flood in  —  France accused the US of “occupying” Haiti on Monday as thousands of American troops flooded into the country to take charge of aid efforts and security.  —  The French minister in charge of humanitarian relief called on the UN to …
Discussion: The Jawa Report and Instapundit
Alan Wolfe / Washington Post:
Book review of ‘Game Change’ by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin  —  Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime  —  Harper.  448 pp.  $27.99  —  During elections, people make judgments about who should hold office.  They also make judgments about the journalists who cover the campaigns.
Anderson Cooper / CNN:
Anderson in the midst of looting chaos  —  AC360° Anchor  —  We were covering another story when we heard shots being fired.  We ran toward the sound and found a store being looted.  Two Haitian police officers were occasionally firing into the air to try to keep order …
Discussion: New York Magazine and GINA COBB
ABCNEWS:
U.S. Military Weapons Inscribed With Secret ‘Jesus’ Bible Codes  —  Pentagon Supplier for Rifle Sights Says It Has ‘Always’ Added New Testament References  —  Coded references to New Testament Bible passages about Jesus Christ are inscribed on high-powered rifle sights provided …
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New York Times:
Date for State of Union  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama will deliver his first State of the Union address on Jan. 27.  —  The White House announced Monday that the president would speak to a joint session of Congress next Wednesday at 9 p.m.  —  In the televised speech …
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Jeff Zelenyand Jackie Calmes / The Caucus:
Obama to Deliver State of the Union Address Jan. 27
 
 
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Chicago Tribune:
Facebook group 'I'm With Coco' plans rally outside NBC Tower …
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