Massachusetts Election

Another Republican Announces Run For Barney Frank's Seat

AP | Posted 01.17.2012

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ATTLEBORO, Mass. -- Another Republican has joined the race for the Massachusetts congressional seat being vacated by retiring Democratic U.S. Rep. Bar...

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Poll Shows Elizabeth Warren, Scott Brown In Dead Heat

The Boston Herald | Joe Battenfeld | Posted 12.02.2011

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Democrat Elizabeth Warren’s meteoric ascent in Massachusetts politics has landed her in a virtual dead heat with Republican U.S. Sen. Scott Brown, w...

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'Soul of a Citizen' Excerpt: What Cynicism Costs Us

Paul Loeb | Posted 05.25.2011

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A long-powerful strain in our culture posits all businesspeople and politicians as corrupt, all religious leaders charlatans, all journalists hacks--and all who'd dare to try to work to change their society naïve fools.

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Fox Helps GOP Victory -- GOP Victory Helps Fox

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 05.25.2011

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Fox was giving its audience what it wanted to see while MSNBC's audience turned their sets off and cried themselves to sleep. The reason? The Republican victory in the Massachusetts Senate race.

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White House Stormy Weather

Bob Franken | Posted 05.25.2011

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Never forget one of nature's immutable laws: "If Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining That Means Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud". At least that's the case...

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Elizabeth Warren: Pass A Consumer Protection Agency Or Forget Regulatory Reform

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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If the financial reform bill doesn't establish an effective and independent consumer protection agency, Congress would be better off passing nothing a...

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Sen. Phil A. Buster Turns Obama Into Mush

Andy Ostroy | Posted 05.25.2011

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The day after Massachusetts State Senator Scott Brown achieved the unthinkable by winning Ted Kennedy's Senate seat, President Obama has demonstrated...

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Coakley Could Have Won If Unions Had Gone In Sooner: Study

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Democrats could have held the Massachusetts Senate seat if the AFL-CIO and others had been asked to mobilize voters sooner, suggest new polling number...

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Health Care: How About Filibuster Busting?

Bob Franken | Posted 05.25.2011

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Apparently, after his Massachusetts humiliation, President Obama has seen the light and he's heading back to the future...back to 1992 and that mantr...

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The Lion, the Glitch, and the Centerfold

Michelle Schweiger Schecter | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Liberal Lion is rolling over in his grave His seat even the President could not help save A state senator for only five years Has brought the Democratic establishment to tears

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Arianna On 'The Ed Show': Obama Must Offer More Than Words (VIDEO)

Huff TV | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Obama must move beyond rhetoric and acknowledge yesterday's Democratic loss in Massachusetts by making substantive policy and personnel chan...

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Must Dissent = Disloyalty?

Gary Shapiro | Posted 05.25.2011

Massachusetts's election of a Republican U.S. Senator on Tuesday night should give us pause. It should also give us hope that Americans are not sold on the extreme take-it or leave-it solutions from either political party.

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Message From Massachsetts -- What the Voters Want

Kenneth N. Davis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Fixing the struggling economy that Obama was left by the Bush Administration isn't easy.

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Scott Brown's Win in Massachusetts: HuffPost Bloggers React

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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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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Lieberman Urges Party To Go Centrist After Mass. Election

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Eager to prove that the Democratic Party left him and not the other way around, Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) urged his colleagues on Tuesday to mov...

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Democrat Martha Coakley: An Object Lesson In Complacency And Detachment

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ah, Martha Coakley. She truly is a wonder, isn't she? I'll be stunned if she pulls out this special election tonight, based upon my simple rule that...

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Time for a Reset: Obama and Dems Must Take on Wall Street and Create Jobs or Lose

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 05.25.2011

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Barack Obama won on a promise to change the cozy insider game between Washington and big business but instead has done little to challenge the power of America's corporate oligarchy.

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Massachusetts Election 2010: Voting Begins In Brown Coakley Senate Race (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

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The 2010 Massachusetts Election is officially underway between Senate candidates Scott Brown and Martha Coakley. Voting has begun, and both Brown a...

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Massachusetts Exit Polls For 2010 Senate Race: There Are None

Posted 05.25.2011

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Those seeking exit polls for the 2010 Massachusetts Senate Race will be disappointed to know there aren't any. Mike Allen of Politico reports about...

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Democrats In Danger Of Losing A Senate Seat As Massachuseets Voters Go To The Polls

AP | GLEN JOHNSON and LIZ SIDOTI | Posted 05.25.2011

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BOSTON — In an epic upset in liberal Massachusetts, Republican Scott Brown rode a wave of voter anger to win the U.S. Senate seat held by the la...

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The Lessons Of Coakley's Loss For The Midterms

Carrie Sheffield | Posted 05.25.2011

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Scott Brown's unexpected victory should force Democrats to rethink their national strategy, particularly on health care messaging, heading into November.

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Dems Grapple With What Loss Of Health Care Means For 2010

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Democrats fretting over the effect that the Massachusetts Senate race could have on health reform are now seriously debating what would happen to the ...

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The Massachusetts Debacle and the Big "Why" Lie

Teri Szucs | Posted 05.25.2011

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The so-called liberal press, including MSNBC, keeps talking about how this is all about angry, anxious independents feeling government is getting too ...

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Online And On The Trail, Coakley's Lackadaisical Effort Shows

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Obama campaign very skillfully deployed all manner of technology to build, stoke, and maintain voter enthusiasm. This race suggests that the Democrats have regressed significantly.

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Khazei, Karzai and My Lost Leaves

Carly Simon | Posted 05.25.2011

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I was in the voting booth Tuesday night in Massachusetts. Usually I have managers and agents, but this day I wasn't prepared for no one telling me what to do.

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