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2:40 PM ET, January 18, 2010

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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Massachusetts Senate Poll  —  Scott Brown leads Martha Coakley 51-46 in our final Massachusetts Senate poll, an advantage that is within the margin of error for the poll.  —  Over the last week Brown has continued his dominance with independents and increased his ability to win over Obama voters …
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Felicia Sonmez / Hotline On Call:
After Obama Rally, Dems Pin Blame On Bush  —  As audience members streamed out of Pres. Obama's rally on behalf of AG Martha Coakley (D) here tonight, the consensus was that the fault for Coakley's now-floundering MA SEN bid lies with one person — George W. Bush.
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Trendspotting in Massachusetts  —  Charles Franklin has a typically articulate analysis up at Pollster.com which comes to a somewhat different conclusion than mine about the state of play in Massachusetts.  His analysis works by lumping polls together into different bundles (e.g. “non-partisan” …
Grant Bosse / Watchdog News:
Snow Day In Boston: Phone Banks Empty.  —  (BOSTON, MA) On the eve of one of the most anticipated state elections in modern American history, it's still a day off for Massachusetts state employees.  The Secretary of the Commonwealth's Office in downtown B oston is closed to the public for Martin Luther King Day.
The Rothenberg / The Rothenberg Political Report:
MA Sen Moved to Lean Takeover  —  While special elections often come down to turnout - and they therefore are more difficult to predict than normal elections - the combination of public and private survey research and anecdotal information now strongly suggests that Republican Scott Brown …
Charles Franklin / Pollster.com All Content:
What to believe about Massachusetts Senate Polls  —  There has been a wider than normal range of polling results in the last two weeks from the Massachusetts Senate special election.  This has been further clouded by a number of leaked internal polls and polling by relatively unknown and unproven pollsters …
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Coakley invokes King: ‘Tomorrow we act on the dream’  —  Martha Coakley spoke to the Boston Martin Luther King Day Breakfast this morning, making the case to a subdued crowd of dignitaries at the Hynes convention center that voting for her tomorrow will help carry on King's legacy.
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Two factors will decide Massachusetts Senate race  —  After all the speeches, politicking, and attack ads, there are just two issues that will determine the winner of the Massachusetts Senate seat in Tuesday's special election.  The first is health care and the second is one-party government.
Robert Kuttner / The Huffington Post:
A Wake Up Call  —  How could the health care issue have turned …
Discussion: AMERICAblog News
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
WH plans to cram Senate ObamaCare bill down House throat if Brown wins
Discussion: RedState and TD Blog
John Garvey / Boston Herald:
Disdains Scott Brown's conscience
Political Punch:
Martha Coakley: A Democratic Canary in a Coalmine?
Discussion: ABCNEWS and Jules Crittenden
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Coakley campaign launches Obama ad
Discussion: Washington Monthly
CNN:
GOP candidate dominates social networking in Massachusetts
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Democrats Push to Salvage a Flailing Candidacy
Alex Isenstadt / The Politico:
Mass. race lacks key element: Romney
Jillian Rayfield / TPM LiveWire:
Obama At Coakley Event: ‘I Need Leaders Like Martha By My Side’
Discussion: protein wisdom and Althouse
Boston Globe:
Pulling out all the stops  —  Obama, in Hub, says he needs Coakley …
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog and Betsy's Page
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Mass. Senate race's lesson for Obama  —  In June 2008, a few months before the financial implosions began, I asked two smart financiers who happened to be Republican about the future of the seemingly shaky American economy.  —  Defying the moment's conventional predictions …
Alexander Burns / The Politico:
VP: Constitution ‘on its head’  —  Five U.S. senators attend a hearing on Afghanistan on Capitol Hill on Dec. 8, 2009.  AP  —  Vice President Joe Biden said at a Florida fundraiser Sunday that the 60-seat threshold for passing legislation in the Senate put a dangerous new roadblock in the way of American government.
Discussion: BuzzFlash.org and Weasel Zippers
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Biden derides supermajority rule
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Wonkette
Patricia Cohen / New York Times:
Professor Is a Label That Leans to the Left  —  The overwhelmingly liberal tilt of university professors has been explained by everything from outright bias to higher I.Q. scores.  Now new research suggests that critics may have been asking the wrong question.
Scott / Power Line:
The prophetic voice  —  When Martin Luther King, Jr. brought his nonviolent campaign against segregation to Bull Connor's Birmingham, he laid siege to the bastion of Jim Crow.  In Birmingham between 1957 and 1962, black homes and churches had been subjected to a series of horrific bombings intended to terrorize the community.
Discussion: Shot in the Dark and theblogprof
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ABCNEWS:
U.S. Military Weapons Inscribed With Secret ‘Jesus’ Bible Codes  —  Pentagon Supplier for Rifle Sights Says It Has ‘Always’ Added New Testament References  —  Coded references to New Testament Bible passages about Jesus Christ are inscribed on high-powered rifle sights provided …
Robert Booth / Guardian:
Cruise ships still find Haitian berth  —  Luxury liners are still docking at private beaches near Haiti's devastated earthquake zone for holidaymakers to enjoy the water  —  Sixty miles from Haiti's devastated earthquake zone, luxury liners dock at private beaches where passengers enjoy jetski rides …
Alexander Mooney / CNN:
Coleman not running for governor  —  (CNN) - Former Minnesota Sen. Norm Coleman will not run for governor in 2010, the Republican announced Sunday on his Facebook page.  —  Coleman, who lost re-election to Democrat Al Franken in a close contest in 2008 that took six months to resolve …
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Amanda Terkel / Think Progress:
GOP Claims It's Upholding The Legacy Of MLK, A Fighter Against …
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Closing with Obama in Mass.
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Gun control group gives Obama failing grade; says it's been disappointing year
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