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1:20 PM ET, January 19, 2010

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Mike Allen / The Politico:
Obama plans combative turn  —  President Barack Obama plans a combative response if, as White House aides fear, Democrats lose Tuesday's special Senate election in Massachusetts, close advisers say.  —  “This is not a moment that causes the president or anybody who works for him to express any doubt …
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Kevin Cullen / Boston Globe:
For Coakley, ominous sign  —  Blue Hill Avenue runs like a vein through the city.  —  It stretches for 4 miles, from River Street in Mattapan to Dudley Street in Roxbury, and a little more than a year ago there was an Obama sign on every block.  There were Obama signs in Mattapan barber shops …
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.
The Politico:
Finger-pointing begins for Dems  —  CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — As voters head to the polls in Massachusetts, nervous Democrats have already begun to blame one another for putting at risk the Senate seat Ted Kennedy held for more than 40 years.  —  Many angry Democrats blame their candidate …
Maggie Haberman / NY Post:
GOP win in Mass. makes Ford Jr. run more likely: insiders
Susan Davis / Washington Wire:
Atwitter in Mass.: Brown's Social Media Strategy Tops Coakley's
Discussion: Hub Politics
CNN:
Brown wants to play basketball with Obama, if he wins
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog
Mark Silva / The Swamp:   White House: Calling all (Mass.) voters
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.  —  What a grossly biased and misleading headline versus the story  —  LOL I assume they are interested in the Democratic process and giving ALL voters a ride.
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Boston Weather, Breaking News and Sports from WBZ-TV:
Voter Turnout Heavy For Brown-Coakley Senate Race  —  Join the Conversation: What's Making You Vote?  —  BOSTON (WBZ) ― It's time to go to the polls.  —  Voter turnout is heavy for the special election today to fill the state's vacant U.S. Senate seat.
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
538 Model Posits Brown as 3:1 Favorite  —  The FiveThirtyEight Senate Forecasting Model, which correctly predicted the outcome of all 35 Senate races in 2008, now regards Republican Scott Brown as a 74 percent favorite to win the Senate seat in Massachusetts on the basis of new polling from ARG …
Felicia Sonmez / Hotline On Call:
Coakley Says Polls Are Inaccurate
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.
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New York Times:
Democrats May Seek to Push Health Bill Through House  —  WASHINGTON — The White House and Democratic Congressional leaders, scrambling for a backup plan to rescue their health care legislation if Republicans win the special election in Massachusetts on Tuesday, have begun laying the groundwork …
Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Politics Channel:
MA SEN: Will The House Pass The Senate Bill?
Discussion: marbury
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Upset could trigger healthcare rush
Discussion: Open Congress and The Nation
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.
Johnny Dollar / Olbermann Watch:
Joe Scarborough Slams ‘Reckless’ Olbermann for Unhinged Personal Attacks on Scott Brown!  —  Here is what the infamous, deplorable Keith Olbermann spewed tonight (via The Right Scoop):  —  Moments later, in a rare example of criticism from his own colleagues, his diatribe was blasted by MSNBC's Joe Scarborough:
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Steve Krakauer / Mediaite:
Olbermann Blasts “Homophobic, Racist” Scott Brown; Scarborough Fires Back
Discussion: Raw Story
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Michelle Malkin:
Massachusetts Senate race: Voter Fraud watch
Discussion: Riehl World View and Democrats.com
CBS News:
Poll: Most Don't Want Sarah Palin to Run for President  —  Posted by Kevin Hechtkopf A new CBS News poll finds that a large majority of Americans say they do not want former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin to run for president.  —  Specifically, 71 percent say they do not want the former …
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 …
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Pragmatic Leviathan  —  When I was in college, I was assigned “Leviathan,” by Thomas Hobbes.  On the cover was an image from the first edition of the book, published in 1651.  It shows the British nation as a large man.  The people make up the muscles and flesh.
New York Times:
Paterson Seeks $1 Billion More in Taxes and Fees  —  ALBANY — Gov. David A. Paterson proposed what would be the largest cut to school aid in more than two decades and nearly $1 billion in new or increased taxes and fees as he unveiled his budget on Tuesday, a plan that is sure to touch off fierce opposition in the Legislature.
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Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
In N.Y., race for Senate seat is a Democratic identity crisis
Discussion: Wonkette and The Daily Dish
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Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Zero hour in Massachusetts ... Dems bet heavily on Boston GOTV …
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