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Here is video of Brit Hume telling Bill O'Reilly that Martha Coakley losing would actually help the Democrats in the long run. (Video)Brit Hume said, "If Martha Coakley loses tomorrow it will be long term, and perhaps even short term the best thing that could ever happen to Democrats." Hume explained that a Coakley loss would stop the Democrats from being able to ram the "wildly unpopular health care reform bill through the congress." Hume said if Democrats fail to pass the health care bill "the public anger over it will subside, not completely, but it will subside quite a...

Go Scott go. This election is payback, for everyone in Massachusetts who has to work for a living, who isn’t on the dole, or a trust fund. It’s for everyone who hates getting dozens of robo-calls from clueless pols pushing “Marsha” Coakley and from union thugs living large off your union dues. Vote for Brown if you’re tired of the 25 percent increase in the sales tax, and the brand new 6.25 percent sales tax on alcohol, on top of the 37 percent excise tax. Send the hacks a message. Vote for Brown if they ignored you when you voted...

“As expected, Coakley wins the Senate seat by more than 10%.” That would have paraphrased the lead paragraph of most Wednesday post-election news stories about the Massachusetts Senate election to permanently replace Ted Kennedy. Boring. Why not make it fun, a close race, a man-bites-dog story? Not a problem when you have fraudulent Rasmussen polling to stir the pot, and the usual collection of idiot news anchors and political commentators. This is a good test of my thinking. Am I looking at politics and thinking about this election rationally, or am I just being an optimist, hoping that voters are...

If a Republican candidate in such a high-profile contest put out campaign literature that misspelled the name of her state, it would be worth, let's see, mentions on every Sunday gabfest and two, maybe three, jokes on the late-night shows. Dan Quayle's misspelling is the stuff of legend. Coakley's? Not so much.

Below are the latest various poll numbers in the crucial Massachusetts Senate race between Republican Scott Brown and Democrat Martha Coakley...

Break out the hankies! Andrew Sullivan has gone into deep melodrama mode over at The Atlantic and is now mourning the "looming landslide for Brown." For the gloomy Sullivan tomorrow could signal not only the loss of an election but also the loss of health care and, ultimately, the loss of socialist America itself. Enjoy the act from the Sullivan Theater as Andrew presents his version of The End: Democrats can stop hoping at this point. I can see no alternative scenario but a huge - staggeringly huge - victory for the FNC/RNC machine tomorrow. They crafted a strategy of...

A month ago even most political junkies – at least outside Massachusetts – would have been hard-pressed to name the Democratic and Republican candidates in tomorrow’s special election for U.S. Senate. In that Bluest of Blue states, which hasn’t had a Republican senator in 32 years and has no Republican House members, it was a foregone conclusion that Martha Coakley was going to win in a walk. She was 30 points ahead. Ho hum. But Coakley obviously believed she was a shoe-in and at first ran a lackluster, minimal, take-no-risks campaign. She even took a week off to celebrate the...

What are we to believe about all of the polling coming out of Massachusetts over the last week? After all, no one would have predicted even a close race for Scott Brown at the end of December. Are we to believe that he could ride almost out of nowhere and derail Democratic attempts to replace its “liberal lion,” Ted Kennedy? According to Pollster.com, that’s the reality, regardless of which polls one chooses to believe: So what might you believe about these data? You could refuse to cherry pick the polls. That has long been our view here at Pollster.com. Our...

What Will Happen in Massachusetts on Tuesday? An Analysis By Scott Rasmussen Monday, January 18, 2010 Two weeks ago, Rasmussen Reports released a poll showing that Republican challenger Scott Brown had closed the gap in Massachusetts to single digits. Prior to that release, “The overwhelming conventional wisdom in both parties… was that Martha Coakley was a lock,” writes The Politico’s Ben Smith, adding, “It's hard to recall a single poll changing the mood of a race quite that dramatically.” A week later, the shock continued as our final poll in the race showed that Brown had pulled to within two...

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 18, 2010CONTACT: Levi Russell at (509) 979-6615 or Levi@FrontLineStrat.com  Tea Party Express Spending in Support of Scott Brown Surpasses $300,000+! On Monday, the Tea Party Express (www.TeaPartyExpress.org) launched a final advertising salvo of TV and online ads supporting Scott Brown for U.S. Senate. This latest action brings the total pro-Brown Independent Expenditure by the Tea Party Express to over $300,000.In addition to the recent expenditure, the Tea Party Express has now sent nearly 10 million email blasts in support of Brown, and organized a national Volunteer From Home program for its 350,000+ members and supporters.  A copy of the Action Alert we issued tonight...

The most disgraceful thing is happening! Pro-lifers are receiving phone calls from people claiming to be Mass Citizens. The callers say that Mass Citizens is not supporting Scott Brown because of his position on health care! The truth is that Mass Citizens is supporting Brown because of his position on health care! These deceitful calls are coming from 202-461-3441, a Washington, DC number. The phone company says this is a company called SOOH. Pro-lifers are not the only victims of this scam. Our MCFL sleuths have found that this same number is calling people across the state claiming to...

Out-of-staters campaign in BerkshiresPITTSFIELD, Mass. - A quick special election like the race for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts is usually run by political insiders.But the hot button issues in this campaign are so polarizing, it's drawing grassroots groups from across the border. They can't even vote in the election Tuesday, but dozens of New Yorkers and Vermonters worked to make sure their voices were heard.At first glance, the people rallying for Scott Brown Monday in Pittsfield's Park Square look like all the other campaigners seen across the Bay State. But take a closer look. Dawn Marczewski is from Clifton Park,...

Thus confronting the Democrats about their obstructionism while he’s still got media following him around. Excellent. Insurgent Massachussetts Republican Senate candidate Scott Brown told CNN he expects to be installed quickly as Massachusetts’ next senator should he win the state’s special election Tuesday. Asked about the state of the race, Brown said he’s still campaigning as if he’s running “down 30 points.” But sounding confident, the GOP state senator says he’s made plans to travel to Washington Friday if he’s victorious. This is one of two reasons why the margin of victory will matter. The first, obviously, is that the...

Leading pollsters and political analysts are giving MA state Sen. Scott Brown (R) a big leg up in advance of tomorrow's special election. Final polls in the race show Brown leading MA AG Martha Coakley (D) by significant margins. Just 1 poll released in the last 5 days does not show a Brown lead, but that poll -- a Research 2000 poll released today that shows a tie -- shows a trend away from Coakley. Pollster.com blogger Charles Franklin points out Brown is ahead between 4 points and 11 points, depending on which polls one believes. Statistician Nate Silver at...

First is this poll, which I hope has a 0% margin for error (though we know it doesn’t) Better yet is this response, and I have to ask, is that really your answer to the question???? Read the transcript here…. And just in case you were wondering about ‘qualifications’ or resume and achievements…. Read up.

Scott Brown has surged at just the right time, the latest polling from Massachusetts reveals. Brown was once thought by many pundits as nothing more than a speed bump on the way to the coronation of the "US Senator from Massachusetts, Martha Coakley" for the seat vacated when Edward Kennedy passed away. However, with only hours left in the race, it is hard to find a Massachusetts senate poll with any good news for Coakley and the headlines are stunning. "New poll: Martha Coakley in freefall," reports Politico. If the numbers they have are even close to being the correct...

In a press conference, Harry Reid (Cadaver-NV) said, “Now I believe myself that the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, and you have to make your own mind as to what the President knows, that this election is lost, and that this campaign (with the President, Senator Kerry (Pussy-MA), SEIU members and false advertisements) is not accomplishing anything according to the enthusiasm in Worcester.” He added in later remarks, ”As long as we follow the President’s path on health reform, this election is lost, and possibly the 2010 elections themselves, but there is still a chance to change course.”...

MSNBC's Ed Schultz apparently doesn't believe in this whole "democracy" thing we've got going on here in the United States of America... Schultz: "I tell you what, if I lived in Massachusetts I'd try to vote 10 times. I don't know if they'd let me or not, but I'd try to. Yeah, that's right. I'd cheat to keep these bastards out. I would. ’Cause that's exactly what they are." Can't you just imagine the outrage by Democrats and the media if such a statement had been made by Rush Limbaugh?

Scott Brown: "I'm from Wrentham, I drive a truck and I'm asking for your vote.” Some 3,200 people crammed Main Street today to rally behind Scott P. Brown, the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate who has built a large following in a short time by threatening to quash the Democratic agenda. Mechanics Hall was at capacity with 2,200 Brown fans, locals and out-of-staters, who waved signs and flags and cheered for the man they hope will be “the Scott heard round the world." Overflow crowds were moved to two other locations. Local celebrities, including former Red Sox pitcher Curt...

With time desperately slipping away from the Democratic candidate for the Massachusetts Senate seat, party officials brought in their heavy hitter Sunday, pResident Barack Obama, attempting to (distract as SEIU members clubbed) excite voters.But people immediately scattered from the city of Boston, fearing Obama’s stink would bore into their flesh and remain with them for eternity. Only about 50 people gathered, most of them homeless, most there only to conduct body heat, for the rally at Northeastern University, where Obama tossed tabs of blotter acid bearing his likeness into the crowd.