Top Items:
Philip Klein / AmSpecBlog:
Barney Frank Deals Potential Death Blow to Obamacare — Rep. Barney Frank is not a wobbly moderate in a marginal district, but a liberal Democrat who has been supportive of the health care push. And that's why this statement below, which essentially rules out all of the options being discussed …
RELATED:
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Let's Play the Blame Game! — When a Democrat loses a federal race in Massachusetts, the default assumption ought to be that several factors are to blame. — Clearly the national environment has gotten worse for the Democrats since Barack Obama's inauguration one year ago.
Discussion:
Think Progress, Boston Globe, New York Times, Washington Post, Fox News, naked capitalism, The Daily Dish and Ben Smith's Blog
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.
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 …
The Politico:
Fallout: Dems rethinking health bill — Republican Scott Brown's upset win in Massachusetts Tuesday threatened to derail any 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 with a bill following the Bay State backlash.
Discussion:
The Swamp, Newsweek Blogs, Boston Herald, Gateway Pundit, JustOneMinute, The Note, The Hill, Los Angeles Times, The Huffington Post, Time, Associated Press, Left Coast Rebel, Washington Wire, Virginia Politics Blog, Bloomberg, McClatchy Washington Bureau, Guardian, Boston Globe, Washington Post, Washington Times, ourfuture.org/blogs_chrono/* and The Foundry
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Just Shut Up! — Message of the day to all Dems, Coakley, Rahm, Celinda Lake, national Dem committees, Axelrod, whoever, whatever: Shut the *$%& Up! I don't know how else to say it. I'm watching MSNBC and hearing all the key players dumping on each other. As I've said, the Coakley campaign seems to have been run just terribly.
Manu Raju / The Politico:
Claire McCaskill: No forced Senate health care bill — Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) has joined Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.) in warning leaders not to try to push a revised health care reform bill through the Senate before newly elected Republican Scott Brown arrives.
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:
NewsBusters.org, protein wisdom, Weekly Standard, Public Policy Polling, ProfessorBainbridge.com, Daily Pundit, The Politico, Martha Coakley, Full Comment, Boston Globe, American Thinker, Raw Story, Wizbang, Real Clear Politics, Achenblog, No Sheeples Here, Wall Street Journal, The Anchoress and Fausta's Blog
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.
Reid Wilson / Hotline On Call:
Frank: Health Care Compromise “Dead” — Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) said any hope for a compromise between House and Senate health care reform legislation is dead following his state's election of a GOP senator last night. — “I think the measure that would have passed, that is …
Michael Cooper / New York Times:
G.O.P. Senate Victory Stuns Democrats — BOSTON — Scott Brown, a little-known Republican state senator, rode an old pickup truck and a growing sense of unease among independent voters to an extraordinary upset Tuesday night when he was elected to fill the Senate seat that was long held …
Roy Edroso / Runnin' Scared:
Scott Brown Wins Mass. Race, Giving GOP 41-59 Majority in the Senate — The election of Republican Scott Brown to replace the deceased Ted Kennedy in the Senate from Massachusetts yesterday destroys the Democrats' 60-vote supermajority, widely presumed to be needed for passage of a health care bill …
Lanny J. Davis / Wall Street Journal:
Blame the Left for Massachusetts — Democrats should be willing to seek common-ground reforms. — Liberal Democrats might attempt to spin the shocking victory of Republican Scott Brown in Massachusetts by claiming that the loss was a result of a poor campaign by Martha Coakley. Would that it were so.
The Huffington Post:
White House Warns Against Dropping Health Care As Party Grows Skittish
White House Warns Against Dropping Health Care As Party Grows Skittish
Discussion:
New York Times, The Politico, No More Mister Nice Blog, Associated Press and Talking Points Memo
Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:
Dear Nervous & Frustrated House Democrat...
Dear Nervous & Frustrated House Democrat...
Discussion:
The Daily Dish
Ezra Klein:
What Ted Kennedy would tell the Democrats
What Ted Kennedy would tell the Democrats
Discussion:
The Politico, The New Republic, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Washington Monthly, Hit & Run and JOSHUAPUNDIT
Jon Walker / Firedoglake:
After Massachusetts, a Warning: If Dems Run on GOP Obstructionism, They Will Lose
After Massachusetts, a Warning: If Dems Run on GOP Obstructionism, They Will Lose
Ben Frumin / TPM LiveWire:
Frank: I Hope Some GOP Senators Will Support Health Care Reform …
Frank: I Hope Some GOP Senators Will Support Health Care Reform …
Discussion:
New York Times, The Media Consortium, Talking Points Memo, Obsidian Wings and Majikthise
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Far left has taken over Democratic Party, Sen. Bayh says
Far left has taken over Democratic Party, Sen. Bayh says
Discussion:
Hot Air
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
The Senate's Underpants Gnome Problem — If you think about legislation in a second-order sense, then I think it's clear that a “bill to increase the number of people who have jobs” would be a very good bill to pass, both substantively and politically. And Brian Beutler reports …
RELATED:
Jeffrey Young / The Hill:
Senior Senate Dems: Healthcare fate lies with House
Senior Senate Dems: Healthcare fate lies with House
Discussion:
Washington Post
Mark Silva / The Swamp:
White House: Mass. ‘messages heard’ — The White House faces questions today, on the anniversary of President Barack Obama's inauguration, about the Senate election in Massachusetts that cost the president's party its short-lived super-majority control of the Senate.
Discussion:
Ben Smith's Blog
RELATED:
Julie Pace / Associated Press:
TSA Nominee Withdraws Amid ‘Political Agenda’ — Obama administration's TSA nominee withdraws amid ‘political agenda’ — The Obama administration's choice to lead the Transportation Security Administration withdrew his name Wednesday. — In a statement, Erroll Southers said he was pulling …
RELATED:
Art Beast / The Daily Beast:
He's Done Everything Wrong — Home - Cheat sheet - Buzz board - Big Fat Story - Blogs & stories - Videos - Galleries - Crossword — Blogs and Stories — Obama punted on the economy and reversed the fortunes of the Democrats in 365 days. — He's misjudged the character of the country in his whole approach.
Discussion:
Commentary
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.
Richard Pérez-Peña / New York Times:
The Times to Charge for Frequent Access to Its Web Site — The New York Times announced Wednesday that it intended to charge frequent readers for access to its Web site, a step being debated across the industry that nearly every major newspaper has so far feared to take.
Discussion:
Media Decoder, The Atlantic Business Channel, Romenesko, Silicon Alley Insider, TechCrunch and Felix Salmon
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Palin to hit 2010 trail — Former Gov. Sarah Palin will announce today that she's hitting the campaign trail for Republicans — including her former running mate John McCain. — Palin, who did not campaign in last year's governor's races or in yesterday's Senate race in Massachusetts …
RELATED: