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12:00 AM ET, January 20, 2010

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Rasmussen Reports:
First Look At Massachusetts Election Night Poll Data  —  Rasmussen Reports has conducted an Election Night survey of 1,000 voters in the Massachusetts special election for U.S. Senate.  Data will be released on this page throughout the evening.  —  Polls closed in Massachusetts …
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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.
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.
Boston Globe:
Live coverage of the US Senate race  —  10:57 p.m. — Brown: “I know I have a lot to learn in the Senate, but I know who I am and I know who I serve.  I'm Scott Brown, I'm from Wrentham, and I drive a truck.  And let me just say in conclusion... I am nobody's senator but yours.”
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.
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 …
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.
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.
Tom Bevan / Real Clear Politics:
Massachusetts Senate Race Live Blog  —  11:35pm — A somewhat stunning statement from Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA): “If Coakley had won, I believe we could have worked out a reasonable compromise between the House and Senate health care bills.  But Since Brown has won and the GOP now has 41 votes in hte Senate …
Jeff Zeleny / The Caucus:
Blogging the Massachusetts Senate Race  —  Residents cast their votes at the polls Tuesday morning at the town hall in Leicester, Mass.  —  Whither the Republican leadership?  3:46 p.m. Much of the analysis about the race quickly gets back to finger-pointing among three Democratic establishments …
Discussion: PostPartisan and Prairie Weather
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Weird Ballot In Cambridge?
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Why Coakley Losing Won't Matter That Much
Discussion: Commentary
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
Brown wins!
Discussion: Winds of Change.NET
Michael Cooper / New York Times:
G.O.P. Takes Massachusetts Senate Seat
Glenn Thrush / Glenn Thrush's Blog:
Dem GOTV picking up Brown supporters
Discussion: Boston Globe and Gateway Pundit
Paul Waldman / American Prospect:
Why Massachusetts Doesn't Matter  —  Even if Brown defeats Coakley …
Discussion: Opinionator and The Confluence
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Winners and Losers in the Browniverse
Discussion: New York Magazine
Michelle Malkin:
Massachusetts Miracle: Election night liveblog; Update: BROWN WINS, COAKLEY CONCEDES
Discussion: HillBuzz and Keyboard Militia
Mary Katharine Ham / Weekly Standard:
Axelrod Sounding Awfully Kind About Scott Brown
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Robert Stacy McCain / AmSpecBlog:
Massachusetts Union Official for Brown: 'Kerry, You're Next'
Discussion: DaTechguy's Blog
Ed Carson / Investor's Business Daily:
This is Romney's Big Night, Too
Discussion: TigerHawk
Michelle Malkin:
Massachusetts Senate race: Voter Fraud watch; Update: Coakley's last gasp
Christina Bellantoni / TPMDC:
Health Care Comes To Screeching Halt - Sen. Webb: No HCR Votes Until Brown Seated  —  Less than 15 minutes after the race was called for Republican Scott Brown, the first of what could be many conservative Democrats asks for leadership to put the brakes on health care reform.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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The Politico:
The fallout: Democrats rethinking health care bill  —  Republican Scott Brown's upset win in Massachusetts on Tuesday threatened to derail hopes of passing a health reform bill this year, as the White House and Democratic leaders faced growing resistance from rank-and-file members to pressing ahead …
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.
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
On to Plan C  —  Sen. Jim Webb puts out a statement that puts the notion of a quick Senate vote out of reach and pretty much makes a certification fight moot:  —  In many ways the campaign in Massachusetts became a referendum not only on health care reform but also on the openness and integrity of our government process.
Discussion: msnbc.com and theblogprof
Susan Davis / Washington Wire:
Webb: No Health Care Action Until Brown is Seated
Discussion: The Hill and New York Magazine
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Webb: Stop Senate votes until Brown is seated
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
Associated Press:
Hoyer: White House likely to name deficit panel
Discussion: AMERICAblog News and The Plum Line
Igor / Think Progress:
Lieberman Begins To Distance Himself From The Health Care Bill That He Crafted
Discussion: The Politico
Devin Dwyer / ABCNEWS:   GOP Upset: Brown Defeats Coakley in Massachusetts Senate Race
Peter Daou / The Huffington Post:
Liberal Bloggers to Obama and Dems: We Told You So  —  It took more than half a decade, countless American and Iraqi deaths in a war based on lies, a sinking economy and the drowning of an American city to finally kill Bush-Cheney-Rove's dream of a conservative realignment.
Discussion: Pam's House Blend
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.
Discussion: Ezra Klein
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Just Shut Up!  —  Message of the day to all Dems, Coakley …
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Sean Trende / Real Clear Politics:
The House Is Very Much In Play  —  With Scott Brown rushing toward …
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Centrist, and Yet Not Unified
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Donny Deutsch: Voters May Be ‘Comforted’ By Scott Brown's White Maleness
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