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Brown win, a blow to Obama, Specter, and other Dems
Senator-elect Scott Brown (R-MA) pulled through an incredible and unthinkable victory tonight. Senator Arlen Specter (D - PA) loses the glow of being number sixty for the Democrats in the Senate.
The Massachusetts Miracle
The message from the Bay State is clear -- stop!
Coakley camp says tainted ballots with Brown vote being passed out, poll warden says voter error
The Martha Coakley campaign has put out a release claiming ballots already marked with Scott Brown's name are being handed out. Before the Coakley camp released this information, I visited a polling precinct located at the Alexander Hamilton School in Brighton and the precinct warden told me about a similar circumstance, but he attributed it to voter error not a dirty campaign tactic
Audio- Ed Schultz doubles down: I'd vote 20 times during special Senate election
Brian Maloney at Radio Equalizer has a follow up on MSNBC's Ed Schultz's desire for ballot stuffing today.
Off the beaten path online: Winner may not be sworn in until February...
Today's Water Cooler lineup of off the beaten path online stories are: Winner may not be sworn in until February, Democrats' health care quest has soured, and Finger-pointing begins for Democratic insiders.
Video: Coakley dodges questions from media, hides behind labor
After Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley addressed the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers on Monday, she quickly answered some questions from reporters but dodged issues regarding negative campaign tactics and reports that the White House is preparing for her loss on January 19.
Video - Chris Matthews: It looks like Brown 'by double digits'
MSNBC's Chris Matthews appeared distraught this morning when he reported to Joe Scarborough and Mika Brezinski that Suffolk University pollster David Paleologos told him that Republican Scott Brown is leading Democrat Martha Coakley "by double digits"in all three "Bellweather areas" of Massachusetts.
Off the beaten path online: Prez's outsider act is bombing in Kennedy country...
Today's Water Cooler lineup of off the beaten path online stories are: Reid’s support falls even lower, Gillibrand is running scared, and Martha Coakley changes YouTube thumbnail away from 'deny rape victims care'.
Futures Market Give Obama Thumbs Down in Bay State
Obama's intervention not well received in predictive market
LGBT blog tells Mass. voters: Stay home on Jan. 19
An LGBT blog known as "Lezgetreal.com" is telling its Massachusetts readership to stay home on January 19, and not vote at all.
Video - Outside of Obama-Coakley event: 'We're here to see Obama'--Coakley an afterthought
Outside of Northeastern University today, individuals, mostly young, waited for a number of hours waiting to catch a glimpse of President Obama. One supporter even admitted he was in line since 11 PM last night. Unfortunately, for the Senate candidate he was campaigning for in the school's sports complex, his fans barely could remember the name "Martha Coakley."
Barney Frank: Martha Coakley is not Barack Obama in drag
Congressman Barney Frank (D – MA) joined the Democratic Party faithful in Boston on Sunday to support Martha Coakley’s campaign for U.S. Senate and watch President Barack Obama give a final campaign pitch for the embattled Attorney General's election.
Boston radio station creates parody of Coakley attack ad
Democrat Attorney General Martha Coakley's campaign for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts has become so desperate, her negative campaign ads attacking her opponent ,GOP state Senator Scott Brown, has been relegated to reminding voters in the state that Mr. Brown is a *gasp* Republican. Boston radio station 96.9 WTKK found the Coakley ads so amusing, the station created a parody of them.
Ed Schultz: I'd cheat to keep Brown from winning
Radio Equalizer's Brian Maloney captured MSNBC's Ed Schultz making a startling remark on his radio show yesterday about supporting voter fraud in Massachusetts, so Scott Brown would lose. The audio is below along with the transcript.
Does Obama remember when Coakley snubbed him in 2008?
President Barack Obama is flying into Boston on Sunday to try and help the struggling Martha Coakley campaign in the final days of the Massachusetts Senate race. Mr. Obama must have swallowed a lot of his pride do make this trip, knowing it is all about keeping the Senate Democrats at sixty, because Ms. Coakley was not as courteous to Mr. Obama during his Boston birthday bash in 2008.
