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7:15 PM ET, January 19, 2010

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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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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.

Discussion: National Review Online, Gateway Pundit, Ben Smith's Blog, Another Black Conservative and Hotline On Call

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 …

Discussion: Bostonist, American Conservative …, Left Coast Rebel and D.C. Now

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.

Discussion: The Atlantic Business Channel, The Hill and Pajamas Media

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.

Discussion: The Corner on National …

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.

Discussion: Pajamas Media, FiveThirtyEight and Redhot

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 …

Discussion: The Corner on National … and Left Coast Rebel

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.

Discussion: Commentary, Ben Smith's Blog, The Politico, Hot Air, The Other McCain, Conservatives4Palin.com, Taylor Marsh and AMERICAblog News

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.”

Michael C. Moynihan / Reason:

Notes from the Massachusetts Senate Race — Nigerian Zionists for Coakley, Irish Republicans for Brown, and thousands of angry Bay Staters — Cambridge, Massachusetts—In 1989, at the apogee of his exceedingly rebellious teenage years, my brother's band released their first full-length record …

Discussion: The Daily Dish and Sadly, No!

Matt Corley / Think Progress:

Fox's Gretchen Carlson Suggests Fox Viewers ‘Make A Call To Massachusetts’ To Help Scott Brown Win — On Sunday, Newsbusters' Noel Sheppard posted a clip of CNBC's Jim Cramer claiming that stock market could respond with “a gigantic rally off a Coakley loss and a Brown win” in the Massachusetts Senate special election.

Discussion: TVNewser, The Caucus, Media Matters for America, Mediaite and TPM LiveWire

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.

Discussion: The Politico

Joan Vennochi / Boston Globe:
Brown supporters trying to suppress vote by bullying

Discussion: Latest Open Salon Blog, Sweetness & Light and Feministing

Boston Globe:
Voters stream to polls in special US Senate election

Discussion: wbur.org, Washington Post, New York Magazine and National Review Online

John Fund / Wall Street Journal:
Why There Won't Be Exit Polls in Massachusetts

Discussion: blogs.abcnews.com, Mediaite and Pundit & Pundette

Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
LUCY, CHARLIE BROWN, AND THE BIPARTISAN FOOTBALL.... This notion …

Discussion: The Swamp, Mother Jones, Power Line, Hullabaloo, naked capitalism and Indecision Forever

The Politico:
Five things to watch in Mass.

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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
So What Does Massachusetts Mean?

Discussion: Ezra Klein

Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
25% ≠ 0% — Right now, our trusty little model …

Discussion: Blue Mass. Group, AMERICAblog News and Open Left

Paul West / Maryland Politics:
Obama advisor: President would have done more to save Teddy's seat if asked earlier

Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog, The Politico, Hit & Run, The Page and The Hill

Boston Weather, Breaking News and Sports from WBZ-TV:
High Voter Turnout For Brown-Coakley Senate Race

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WCVB-TV:
Galvin: I Won't Slow Process If Brown Wins

Discussion: The Fix, wbur.org, MarketWatch and Washington Post

Joe Dwinell / Boston Herald:
Globe jumps the gun in online map goof

Discussion: Wonkette and Gateway Pundit

Christopher Beam / Slate: State of Shock — Scott Brown barnstorms Massachusetts.

Chris Frates / The Politico:
Pelosi: “Right on course” to pass reform

Discussion: The Note, The Lonely Conservative and The Page

Igor / Think Progress:
Lieberman Begins To Distance Himself From The Health Care Bill That He Crafted

Discussion: The Politico

Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
‘BUCKLE UP’.... We talked earlier about a quote from an …

Discussion: The Swamp, Stop The ACLU and Another Black Conservative

CNN:
Brown wants to play basketball with Obama, if he wins

Discussion: Hot Air

Stuart Rothenberg / Roll Call:
Massachusetts Senate Race: Thinking the Unthinkable

Discussion: Washington Examiner, Hot Air, Newsweek, The Note, Washington Post, The Politico, Boston Globe, Wall Street Journal, Wizbang, Washington Wire and msnbc.com

Ezra Klein:
After the Massachusetts special election

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Jon Ward / The Daily Caller:
Democrats coalesce around plan to push Senate health-care bill …

Discussion: Hot Air, msnbc.com, Washington Wire, AmSpecBlog and Commentary

Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
What to watch for in the Massachusetts special election

Discussion: Townhall.com and The Atlantic Politics Channel

The Note:
Coakley Team Warned of Problems With Independents in December …

Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog, The Politico, TPMDC and Wake up America

Steve Krakauer / Mediaite:
Olbermann Blasts “Homophobic, Racist” Scott Brown; Scarborough Fires Back

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Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:
Pelosi Isn't Panicking. Her Party Should Listen.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Change of Subject, FiveThirtyEight and Megan McArdle

The Politico:
Five things to watch in Massachusetts

Discussion: Big Government

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.

Discussion: TPMDC, The BRAD BLOG and Crooks and Liars

Martha Coakley:

ALERT! COAKLEY VOTERS REPORT RECEIVING BALLOTS PRE-MARKED FOR BROWN — Contact: Alex Zaroulis (617) 549-0358 — Campaign Manager Kevin Conroy:

Discussion: National Review Online, Pajamas Media, The Corner on National …, Big Government, Hot Air and Wizbang

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.

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Election Journal:
VIDEO: Why is this woman handing out blank absentee ballots?

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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Coakley campaign casts doubt on election ‘integrity’

Discussion: Election Journal

Steven Ertelt / LifeNews.com Pro-Life Headlines:
Phony Calls Tell Massachusetts Residents Pro-Life Group Opposes Scott Brown

Discussion: Hot Air

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.

The Note:

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.

Discussion: AMERICAblog News