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...what I think Markey demonstrates with his answer here is that many of the people advocating such a tax also thirst for more revenue from people making much less — such as Markey’s low six-figure salary as a member of Congress. He talks about raising the Alternative Minimum Tax — the original “Buffett Rule” tax, intended to hit a select few — which today hits the middle class in many parts of America that have a high cost of living...

Of course, the problem with urging people to use a hashtag like this one is that there’s a way to measure your ad’s effectiveness. And this one isn’t doing that well. If you don’t count current Markey campaign and other Democratic political staff, political consultants, abortion-rights groups that are backing Markey, journalists writing about the ad, and people mocking the hashtag, about 13 real honest-to-goodness people have actually tweeted or retweeted this hashtag in the ten hours or so since it was posted online.

So here’s a blast from the past. Remember this photo? That’s then-Rep. Jim Nussle, R-Iowa, placing a bag over his head on the floor of the U.S. House in 1991, to express shame over the House banking scandal...[T]he National Republican Senatorial Committee is making it an issue in the Massachusetts special Senate election. ...It turns out that Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., the Democratic nominee, wrote 92 such “bad” checks, so the NRSC put together this video to commemorate the event.

CBS calling MA Sen for Warren...saying Brown had to win 20 per cent of Dems but only won 11. Too early? MSNBC supp. also calling it.

My personal view would be to remove the filibuster for judicial appointment only. This follows more closely the strict interpretation nof the Constitution and defers to the president to appoint judges as he sees fit. The phrase "elections have consequences" seems to fit here. But the filibuster serves an important role in good government and law making and should not be removed for that.

Despite Barack Obama’s bravado in declaring that he will “fight on” for ObamaCare and Nancy Pelosi’s insistence on charging forward, the two Democratic leaders may find fewer and fewer people following behind them. After watching the voter revolt in Massachusetts do the unthinkable — put a Republican in reach of the seat held by the Kennedys for almost 60 years — Democrats around the country are suddenly rethinking the bill that got deep-blue voters angry in what had been a reliable bastion for liberalism:

Earlier today, I published a YouTube video that showed a woman handing out blank absentee forms. It was a sign that something fishy may be going on in Massachusetts. Well, in the last hour or so, more reports have surfaced that should be reason for concern. Election Journal reports, for instance, that “reports are pouring in from across the city of Boston that Martha Coakley signs have been placed inside the 150 foot buffer zone mandated by Commonwealth law.” Watch the video at Election Journal. That’s bad, but it’s not nearly as troubling as this article: it appears that the...

I’ve always thought IA was reputable, but they actually did worse than ARG on that 2008 primary report card that I keep linking and people are telling me on Twitter (not just lefties, either) to proceed with caution. Duly noted. But an awful lot of numbers from an awful lot of people today seem to be heading in this direction.

Most of them seem like they don't even like her if they have had even heard of her.

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. Mr. Frank told reporters the race was only about personality until recently.: “To the extent that she wasn’t doing as well as she expected, it was because the issues weren’t a factor in the race,” said Mr. Frank “It was a personality contest. Mr. Brown is not running as a kind of people committed conservative that he is and that he...

Wednesday night: 46/44 Coakley. Thursday: 47/44 Brown. I don’t at all buy that PJM poll showing Brown up by 15, but ask me again on Monday. It’s sounding less absurd by the hour. We’d best enjoy this now, before The One blows into town with some of that Creigh Deeds magic and breaks our hearts.

Two polls over the weekend demonstrated how varied results can be. Public Policy Polling, a Democratic pollster reported a shocker. They have Republican Scott Brown leading 48-47% over Coakley. The Wall Street Journal identified PPP as one of the two most accurate pollsters in America. Meanwhile, in Boston, the Boston Globe released a poll showing Coakley up by 15% over Brown. Their poll was conducted by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center and they are definitely not the other polling organization in the “top two most accurate,” as identified by the Wall Street Journal. When looked at closer, the...