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Massachusetts AG: Mortgage Settlement Is Only The Beginning

HuffingtonPost.com | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 02.09.2012

Read More: Foreclosures, Foreclosure Crisis, Video, Mortgage Settlement, Coakley, Massachusetts Attorney General, Massachusetts, Housing Crisis, Martha Coakley, Foreclosure Settlement, Business News

The $25 billion settlement with five of the nation's largest banks over charges of widespread mortgage fraud, announced Thursday, isn't the end for Ma...

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My 2010 "McLaughlin Awards" [Part 1]

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

My apologies to anyone tuning in who was expecting to see the 150th "Friday Talking Points" column, since it will be pre-empted for two weeks here. B...

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Instant America

Gina Glantz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Coakley, Politics, Policy, Scott Brown, Elections, Gop, Rahm Emanuel, Bipartisanship, Election Season, Health Care, Democrats, Tea Party, Instant Polling, Politics News
Gina Glantz

Instant analysis, instant reaction, instant tactics to meet the perceived American voter need for instant gratification. Missing in all this are old-fashioned Democratic values and political principles.

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Friday Talking Points [108] -- Obama's Pivotal Week

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

Since Democrats are taking some time to figure out what to do next, we shall do the same here, and skip over the entire health care reform subject, after highlighting two hilarious commentaries on the situation.

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The F Word: Lessons Not Learned

Laura Flanders | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Moveon, President Obama, Laura Flanders, Inauguration, Coakley, Kennedy, Right, Grittv, Obama, Grit Tv, Brown, Massachusetts, Tea Party, Politics News
Laura Flanders

A year ago I was freezing on the Mall with a few million others, watching the inauguration of a new President. Today I'm sweltering in my unnaturally...

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Where do we go from here?

Deepak Bhargava | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Reform, Immigration Reform, Immigration, Health Care, Coakley, Martha Coakley, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Politics News
Deepak Bhargava

For progressives, the election result in Massachusetts on Tuesday night was both a serious blow and a potential opportunity for our agenda. Conservat...

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Lessons From the Massachusetts Defeat

Robert Creamer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Organize for America, Scott Brown, President Obama, Mid-Term Elections, Breaking News, Coakley, Ofa, Democratic Party, Massachusetts Senate Race, 2010 Elections, Massachusetts Defeat, Elections 2010, Politics News
Robert Creamer

The Massachusetts Senate race is a watershed event that has enormous implications for this political year. The media is making it a referendum on Obama and health care reform. But that interpretation is just flat wrong.

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Lack of Leadership Leads to Bay State Loss

Dick Heller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Coakley, Masachusetts Senate Race, Democrats, Senate, Brown, Politics News
Dick Heller

The Democrat's campaign to keep the cherished seat in the Bay State seems to have been a masterpiece of friction and confusion. And it certainly underperformed. Where was the leadership?

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Obama, Teddy, & the Perils of Governing Without Conviction

M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lieberman, Open Call, Coakley, Scott Brown, Health Care Reform, Who Is Scott Brown, Obama, Liberal, Democrats, Reid, Massachusetts, Ted Kennedy, Politics News
M.S. Bellows, Jr.

On the one year anniversary of the inauguration of Barack Obama, and the day after Teddy Kennedy's Senate seat was lost to a conservative male pinup with a pickup truck, my fears about the dangers of trying to govern without referring to fundamental principles seem to be coming true.

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Scott Brown's Win in Massachusetts: HuffPost Bloggers React

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Scott Brown, Massachusetts Election, Scott Brown Massachusetts, Coakley, Scott Brown vs Martha Coakley, Massachusetts Special Election, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Senate Race, Martha Coakley, Independents, White House, Massachusetts Election Analysis, Massachusetts Independents, Jobs, Patrick Kennedy, Obama, Ted Kennedy, Scott Brown Wins, Massachusetts Senate Race Results 2010, Wall Street, Polls, Polling, Massachusetts Election Commentary, Senate Races, 2010 Elections, Elections 2010, Politics News

In the aftermath, the commentary is rolling in. Here's a round-up of HuffPost bloggers' reactions, predictions, I-told-you-so's, and more.

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Lessons From the Coakley Loss

Andrea Dew Steele | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women in Politics, Women, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Senate Race, Coakley, Martha Coakley, Politics News
Andrea Dew Steele

Despite the fact that I'm heart-broken that we are not going to add our 18th woman to the Senate, the good news is that sexism did not seem to play a big role in this campaign.

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Scott Brown's Victory: 'Maybe It's the Best Thing...'

Barton Kunstler, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Scott Brown, Leadership, Obama's Presidency, Independents, Coakley, Obama, Democratic Party, Massachusetts Senate Race, Health Care, War and Peace, Voter-Disillusionment, Politics News
Barton Kunstler, Ph.D.

Scott Brown is a former Cosmopolitan centerfold model whose political substance is about as thin as the centerfold itself, but that didn't seem to matter to Massachusetts voters.

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Jon Stewart Gets Fed Up: Dems Set The Bar So Low They're Tripping Over It (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Dan Abramson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Scott Brown, Jon Stewart, Jon Stewart Martha Coakley, Jon Stewart Scott Brown, Jon Stewart Massachusetts, Massachusetts Senate Race, Daily Show Massachusetts, Martha Coakley, Jon Stewart Coakley, Jon Stewart on Massachusetts Race, Brown Coakley, Scott Brown Senate, John Stewart Democrats, Coakley, Scott Brown Martha Coakley, John Stewart Coakley, Political Humor, Comedy News

Jon Stewart took on the race for Ted Kennedy's Senate seat last night, taking jabs at the Democrats in the process. Upon hearing that Republican candi...

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Michael Falcone

White House, Campaign Operatives Spin the Mass. Race

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Falcone | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Massachusetts Senate, Massachusetts Spin, Brown, Massachusetts Senate Race, Coakley, David Axelrod, Martha Coakley, Politics News

Even before the polls closed in Massachusetts on Tuesday, campaign operatives and White House aides were already spinning a Senate race that many are ...

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Coakley Concession Speech (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Scott Brown, Senate Race, Coakley Concession, Coakley Concession Speech, Coakley, Election, Martha Coakley, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Senate Race, Senate, Video, Politics News

Martha Coakley conceded to Scott Brown in Massachusett's Senate race on Tuesday. Video of the Democrat's speech is below. WATCH: ...

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The Brown Victory: Mapping Massachusetts' Unaffiliated Voters

Farai Chideya | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Polls, Senate, Unaffilited, Brown, Massachusetts, Coakley, Home News
Farai Chideya

How did Massachusetts unaffiliated and independents vote in the Massachusetts Senate race? Being as there are reportedly no exit polls for the race Re...

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Lessons for Democrats After Coakley -- Stay on Offense

Mark Green | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mitch McConnell, Populism, Unemployment, Bank Fees, Economy, Coakley, Massachusetts, Obama, Tea-Baggers, Republicans, Democrats, Bush, Politics News
Mark Green

If Democrats can't hold Bush et. al. accountable for their economic failures and lose the populist argument to Fox-y Republicans, we don't deserve to govern.

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Martha and Scott: A Gender Blender in the New Internet Order

Rosalyn Hoffman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 2010, Ma, Brown, Cosmo, Coakley, Obama, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Senate Race, Senate, Gender Politics, Style, Sarah Palin, Fashion, Style News
Rosalyn Hoffman

The huge growth of social networking is fueled by a desire to connect. But Coakley missed the point online and in person -- she failed to realize that voters want to reach out and touch someone.

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Dem Staffer Apologizes For Shoving Weekly Standard Reporter

The Plum Line | Greg Sargent | Posted 05.25.2011

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As you may have heard, a Dem staffer helping the Martha Coakley campaign was caught on video shoving a Weekly Standard reporter in Massachusetts, prom...

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Obama, Kennedys Join Coakley's Fight For Ted Kennedy's Senate Seat

AP | GLEN JOHNSON | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Helth Care Bill, Scott Brown, Coakley, Senate Races, Email, Democrats, John Kerry, Senate, Victoria Reggie Kennedy, Health Care Reform, Fundraising, Massachusetts, Obama Democratic National Committee, Health Care, Ted Kennedy, Senate Election, Martha Coakley, Politics News

BOSTON — President Barack Obama and the family of Edward M. Kennedy on Thursday pushed to keep a Democrat in the late senator's seat and protect...

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Massachusetts Senate Race Is 'Very Tight,' 'Urgent,' Internal Dem Memo Says

The Plum Line | Greg Sargent | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Scott Brown, Coakley, Massachusetts Senate Seat, Dnc, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Senate Rate, Brown, Martha Coakley, Politics News

In a sign of serious worry about the increasingly tense battle for Ted Kennedy's seat, the Democratic National Committee and the Martha Coakley camp...

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Friday Talking Points [107] -- What A Week

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

Much of the frenzied activity took place this week behind closed doors (and most decidedly not on C-SPAN), as health care reform entered its final negotiating phase.

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Democrats: New Pro-Brown TV Ads Are 'Illegal'

Boston Globe | Matt Viser | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Scott Brown Ads Illegal, Masachusetts Senate Race, Scott Brown, Coakley, Massachusetts Senate Seat, Massachusetts Special Election, Brown, Scott Brown Ads, Senate Race, Martha Coakley, Politics News

Democrats in Washington are criticizing a pair of new ads supporting Republican Scott Brown in the US Senate race, saying that the spots are illegal b...

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Obama's Martha Coakley Pitch: 'Put On Your Walking Shoes Again' (VIDEO)

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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BOSTON — President Barack Obama is calling on his fellow Democrats to "put on their walking shoes" and help Martha Coakley succeed Edward Kenned...

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Coakley Wins Democratic Race For Ted Kennedy's Senate Seat

AP | GLEN JOHNSON | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Democratic Primary, Senate, Kennedy, Clinton, Attorney General, Coakley, Ag, Election Results, Massachusetts, Martha Coakley, Ted Kennedy, Politics News

BOSTON — The relatively quiet campaign to fill the late Edward M. Kennedy's Senate seat was matched by equally light turnout Tuesday as voters p...

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