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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Coakley adviser memo: D.C. Dems ‘failed’ Coakley — The Coakley campaign is bridling at finger-pointing from the White House and Washington Democrats, and an outside adviser to the campaign has provided to POLITICO a memo aimed at rebutting the charge that Coakley failed and making the case that national Democrats failed her.
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Carly Carioli / Talking Politics:
Boston Globe calls election for Martha Coakley? — Boston.com briefly put up this map of the final results of today's election — some 8 hours before polls closed! — As you can see, over 2 million people voted, with Coakley eking out a 50-49 victory. — The map was fully interactive …
Glenn Thrush / Glenn Thrush's Blog:
Dem GOTV picking up Brown supporters — Stunned? Seriously, the Dems crashed and burned by picking Obama and Pelosi to run their agenda. — LOL I assume they are interested in the Democratic process and giving ALL voters a ride. Yea RIGHT! Guess their next stop is the Morgue to pick up some Dem voters.
Tucker Carlson / The Daily Caller:
Pollster Frank Luntz having difficulty finding Coakley supporters for focus group on election night of Massachusetts senate race — Just about every election night, Republican pollster Frank Luntz assembles a focus group of likely voters to help predict election results.
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Martha Coakley:
ALERT! COAKLEY VOTERS REPORT RECEIVING BALLOTS PRE-MARKED FOR BROWN — Contact: Alex Zaroulis (617) 549-0358 — Campaign Manager Kevin Conroy:
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Democratic Party responds to Coakley memo: ‘Political malpractice’ — A senior Democratic Party official responded furiously today to a memo from a Coakley adviser arguing that the national party bears a large share of blame for failing to support her financially and sticking her with unpopular policies on health care and Afghanistan.
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Weird Ballot In Cambridge? — Note to readers: Please let me know what you're seeing in the field today in Massachusetts. — A software engineer in Cambridge says he was handed a fishy ballot at the polling station in a local firehouse — it already had the bubble next to Scott Brown's name filled in.
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Coakley campaign casts doubt on election ‘integrity’ — The Coakley campaign just advised an urgent press conference with campaign lawyer Mark Elias to “discuss integrity of election.” — The campaign is complaining of “multiple independent reports of ballots being given to voters pre-marked for Republican Scott Brown.”
Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Axelrod to Boston's Brown: 'Hat's off' — President Barack Obama's top political advisor, David Axelrod, said today that if the White House had been asked earlier, more could have been done for embattled Democratic Senate candidate Martha Coakley in Massachusetts.
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Michelle Malkin:
Oops: Boston Globe's premature election results — Several readers logged on to the Boston Globe website and encountered this premature graphic of town-by-town election results at around 1:00pm Eastern: — They were obviously just testing out the graphic for tonight …
Michelle Malkin:
Massachusetts Senate race: Voter Fraud watch; Update: Coakley's last gasp — Scroll for updates...Coakley's last gasp... I'll be keeping tabs on voter fraud reports in the Mass. Senate special election today. Flag any reports you've seen/heard in comments or send me an e-mail.
Domenico Montanaro / msnbc.com:
Dems: Coakley down 10 — From MSNBC's Norah O'DonnellSome early tidbits from the campaign about turnout.... According to a top Brown campaign adviser, there are “longer lines outside Boston than inside. Not good sign for Coakley. Scott's voters highly motivated.”
Joan Vennochi / Boston Globe:
Brown supporters trying to suppress vote by bullying — Scott Brown is running for U.S. Senate as a pleasant guy in a pickup truck. But a mean spirit drives some of his campaign. — At a West Springfield rally on Sunday, a Brown supporter yelled out “Shove a curling iron up her butt”.
Tony Romm / The Hill:
Lieberman: Brown win would send message about healthcare — A victory for Republican Senate candidate Scott Brown in Massachusetts would send a message that voters are “really skeptical about this healthcare bill,” Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) said Tuesday.
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:LUCY, CHARLIE BROWN, AND THE BIPARTISAN FOOTBALL.... This notion …
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Paul West / Maryland Politics:Obama advisor: President would have done more to save Teddy's seat if asked earlier
Matt Welch / Hit & Run:Case Study in New York Times Bias, Coakley/Brown Edition
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Glenn Thrush / Glenn Thrush's Blog:Dems may flee scene of health care crime
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Boston Weather, Breaking News and Sports from WBZ-TV:High Voter Turnout For Brown-Coakley Senate Race
Steven Ertelt / LifeNews.com Pro-Life Headlines:Phony Calls Tell Massachusetts Residents Pro-Life Group Opposes Scott Brown
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Bayh Warns “Catastrophe” If Dems Ignore Massachusetts Senate Race Lessons — ABC News' Jonathan Karl reports: — Even before the votes are counted, Senator Evan Bayh is warning fellow Democrats that ignoring the lessons of the Massachusetts Senate race will “lead to even further catastrophe” for their party.
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Trish Turner / Fox News:
Top Senate Democrat Outlines ‘Nuclear Option’ Strategy for Health Care — A top Senate Democrat for the first time Tuesday acknowledged that the party is prepared to deal with health care reform by using a controversial legislative tactic known as the “nuclear option” if Republican Scott Brown wins the Massachusetts Senate election.
Igor / Think Progress:Lieberman Begins To Distance Himself From The Health Care Bill That He Crafted
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Stuart Rothenberg / Roll Call:Massachusetts Senate Race: Thinking the Unthinkable
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
So What Does Massachusetts Mean? — Assuming a huge Brown victory tonight, as I do, I've been trying to sort through the many layers of what it might really mean. The FNC/RNC machine will describe it as a crushing referendum on health insurance reform and Obama, period.
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Stephen Bayley / Times of London:
The day I decided to stop being gay — Twenty years after he came out, Patrick Muirhead, 41, explains why he is suddenly feeling the appeal of the opposite sex — A minor incident in a barber's shop last week has helped me to realise that I may no longer be gay.
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