memeorandum: Webb: No Health Care Action Until Brown is Seated (Susan Davis/Washington Wire)

12:00 AM ET, January 20, 2010

Top Items:

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 …

Discussion: RealClearPolitics Video Log, Donklephant, Ben Smith's Blog, The Plum Line, Taegan Goddard's …, Wizbang, Washington Post, Scared Monkeys, MyDD and Left Coast Rebel

Associated Press:

GOP's Brown wins Mass. Senate seat in epic upset — Buzz up! — BOSTON - In an epic upset in liberal Massachusetts, Republican Scott Brown rode a wave of voter anger to defeat Democrat Martha Coakley in a U.S. Senate election Tuesday that left President Barack Obama's health care overhaul …

Discussion: protein wisdom, Another Black Conservative, CNN, The Lonely Conservative, The Anchoress, Associated Press, This ain't Hell …, Raw Story, QandO, JammieWearingFool and Outside The Beltway

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: Top of the Ticket, The Reaction, Hot Air, The New Republic, YID With LID, Glenn Thrush's Blog, Betsy's Page, The Politico, Commentary and AMERICAblog News

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.”

Discussion: The Huffington Post, The Politico, Instapundit, The Corner on National …, CNN, Power Line, The Moderate Voice, TalkLeft, Gateway Pundit, Think Progress, Political Byline, Pajamas Media, TPMDC, The Radio Equalizer and Keyboard Militia

Martha Coakley:

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

Discussion: wbur.org, The Corner on National …, National Review Online, Big Government, Gateway Pundit, TPMDC, The BRAD BLOG and Hot Air

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 Swamp, skippy the bush kangaroo, Ben Smith's Blog and The Politico

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: Michelle Malkin, Boston Herald, Wonkette, Bostonist, Scared Monkeys, The Corner on National … and American Conservative …

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 Fix, Firedoglake, The Atlantic Politics Channel and Big Government

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: The Hill, Hot Air, Wall Street Journal and Pajamas Media

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 …

Discussion: Public Policy Polling, The Jawa Report, Hit & Run, Maggie's Farm, The Daily Caller, FiveThirtyEight, Verum Serum and Pam's House Blend

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?

Discussion: TPMDC, Salon, Ben Smith's Blog and The BRAD BLOG

Crisitunity / Swing State Project:
MA-Sen: Town Benchmarks

Discussion: TalkLeft, PostPartisan, The Atlantic Politics Channel, Hot Air, The Lonely Conservative, The Corner on National …, Daily Kos, Open Left and Left Coast Rebel

Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Scott Brown wins Massachusetts Senate special election race

Discussion: PostPartisan, Washington Post, Swing State Project and Newsweek Blogs

Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Why Coakley Losing Won't Matter That Much

Discussion: Commentary

TPMDC:
Counting The Days: Will Kennedy's Quick Seating In 1962 Repeat Itself?

Discussion: Washington Times, Firedoglake, The Politico, The Atlantic Politics Channel, Open Congress, FrumForum, Megan McArdle, Talking Points Memo and AmSpecBlog

Ann Althouse / Althouse:
Brown wins!

Discussion: Winds of Change.NET

Associated Press:
Mass. secretary of state dismissed vote problems

Discussion: DaTechguy's Blog, Hub Politics and Minnesota Independent

Michael Cooper / New York Times:
G.O.P. Takes Massachusetts Senate Seat

Discussion: The Note, Ben Smith's Blog, Prescriptions and Democracy in America

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

Michael Calderone / The Politico:
Apocalypse now for liberal talkers

Discussion: The Radio Equalizer, Michael Calderone's Blog, theblogprof, Weasel Zippers and Gateway Pundit

Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Axelrod to Boston's Brown: 'Hat's off'

Discussion: The Politico, Slate, blogs.abcnews.com, Commentary, Hot Air, Ben Smith's Blog, American Power, Pajamas Media and Taylor Marsh

Michelle Malkin:
Massachusetts Miracle: Election night liveblog; Update: BROWN WINS, COAKLEY CONCEDES

Discussion: HillBuzz and Keyboard Militia

Matt Welch / Hit & Run:
Case Study in New York Times Bias, Coakley/Brown Edition

Discussion: Big Journalism, NewsBusters.org and The Agenda on National …

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

Ed Driscoll / Pajamas Media:
Future Shock Strikes The Coakley Campaign

Discussion: Red Mass Group, Open Left, Minnesota Independent and Doug Ross

Michelle Malkin:
Massachusetts Senate race: Voter Fraud watch; Update: Coakley's last gasp

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CNN:
Brown claims 'people's seat' in Massachusetts

Discussion: Pajamas Media, Newshoggers.com and The New Republic

Boston Globe:
In stunning upset, Brown captures US Senate in Mass.

Discussion: WCVB-TV, Wall Street Journal, wbur.org, The New Republic, Truthdig, MarketWatch, Boston Weather …, Wonkette and Washington Post

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

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 …

Discussion: The Note, Michelle Malkin, Maryland Politics, Virginia Politics Blog and Hot Air

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 Daily Caller, The Hill, Glenn Thrush's Blog, Washington Wire, AmSpecBlog and The Atlantic Business Channel

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

Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Determined or Delusional? House Leadership Sounds Optimistic on HCR

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, TalkLeft, The New Republic, Blue Mass. Group, Hit & Run and Mouth of the Potomac

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

The Huffington Post:
Dems Grapple With What Loss Of Health Care Means For 2010

Discussion: TPMDC, Daily Kos and Washington Monthly

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