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5:10 PM ET, January 19, 2010

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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.
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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 …
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.
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 …
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.
Michelle Malkin:
Massachusetts Senate race: Voter Fraud watch  —  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.  —  1) Election Journal, the website that exposed the New Black Panther Party thugs …
Election Journal:
VIDEO: Why is this woman handing out blank absentee ballots?  —  These appear to be blank absentee ballots being handed out in Lawrence, MA.  Developing....
Paul West / Maryland Politics:
Obama advisor: President would have done more to save Teddy's seat if asked earlier  —  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.
RealClearPolitics Video Log:
Pollster John Zogby Predicts A Coakley Win  —  “I'm gonna tell you, I think Coakley is gonna win it.”  (via Hot Air Pundit)
John Fund / Wall Street Journal:
Why There Won't Be Exit Polls in Massachusetts  —  One out of four Massachusetts voters think ACORN will try to steal the election.  —  The Massachusetts Senate race was a complete snoozer until January 5, when pollster Scott Rasmussen released a survey showing Republican Scott Brown trailing …
Joe Dwinell / Boston Herald:
Globe jumps the gun in online map goof  —  + Recent Articles + Recent Blog Entries + Email + Bio  —  Not so fast.  —  In a premature online Dewey beats Truman moment, boston.com today posted an online map of Massachusetts voting results declaring Attorney General Martha Coakley the winner of today's special U.S. Senate election.
Discussion: Gateway Pundit and HotAirPundit
The Politico:
Five things to watch in Mass.  —  The stakes for Tuesday's special Senate election in Massachusetts couldn't be higher.  At play: the Democrats' 60-seat supermajority — and, potentially, the fate of President Barack Obama's signature health care reform legislation.
Joan Vennochi / Boston Globe:
Brown supporters trying to suppress vote by bullying
CNN:
Brown wants to play basketball with Obama, if he wins
Discussion: WCVB-TV, Hot Air and New York Times
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Democratic Party responds to Coakley memo: ‘Political malpractice’
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
What to watch for in the Massachusetts special election
Domenico Montanaro / msnbc.com:   Dems: Coakley down 10  —  From MSNBC's Norah O'DonnellSome …
blogs.abcnews.com:
President Obama ‘Surprised and Frustrated’ at Closeness of Mass. Senate race
Felicia Sonmez / Hotline On Call:
Why Scott Brown Leads
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
LUCY, CHARLIE BROWN, AND THE BIPARTISAN FOOTBALL.... This notion, which I suspect we're about to hear a whole lot of, strikes me as wildly misguided. … This is a great idea, isn't it?  All the White House and Democratic congressional leaders have to do is continue to work on their policy agenda …
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Ezra Klein:
After the Massachusetts special election  —  I don't know who will win today's special election in Massachusetts.  But I do know what should happen — and what can happen — after the votes are counted and the winner is seated: Democrats should pass health-care reform.
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
‘BUCKLE UP’.... We talked earlier about a quote from an …
Ezra Klein:
Will Democrats kill the health-care bill?
Discussion: Clusterstock
Glenn Thrush / Glenn Thrush's Blog:
Dems may flee scene of health care crime
Jon Ward / The Daily Caller:
Democrats coalesce around plan to push Senate health-care bill …
Discussion: Commentary and Pajamas Media
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
25% ≠ 0%  —  Right now, our trusty little model of Massachusetts gives Martha Coakley just a 25 percent chance of prevailing tomorrow.  Intrade also puts her odds at about 1 in 4.  My subjective assessment might be a little better than that, but not much.
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Christopher Beam / Slate:
State of Shock  —  Scott Brown barnstorms Massachusetts.
Discussion: Pajamas Media
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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Ezra Klein:   More Massachusetts context  —  If Scott Brown wins today …
Steve Bell / FrumForum:
Brown Win Would Kill Only Most Viral Form of Obamacare
Discussion: Sadly, No! and The New Republic
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.
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.
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 …
 
 
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Brian Maloney / The Radio Equalizer:
MSNBC's Schultz Digs In Heels On Fraud Issue
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Weird Ballot In Cambridge?
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McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Students' refusal to state race on forms frustrates officials
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Mark Murray / msnbc.com:
POLL: PUBLIC STILL SOUR ON HEALTH CARE
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Jim Geraghty / National Review Online:
You're Not Supposed to Get an Absentee Ballot in a Box of Cracker …
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David Mixner:
Obama's Silence Is Hurting Us Now
Discussion: pandagon.net
Gabriel Sherman / The New Republic:
Post Apocalypse  —  Inside the messy collapse of a great newspaper.
Kevin Cullen / Boston Globe:
For Coakley, ominous sign
Discussion: Swampland and Sweetness & Light