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Brown's Win a Lesson for Tea Partiers

The Tea Party movement has finally done what Frum Forum has long been urging: they supported a less dogmatic Republican in a moderate state. But how long will this detente between moderate and conservative factions in the GOP last? The Tea Party movement has finally done what Frum Forum has …

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Written by Tim Mak on Wednesday January 20, 2010

Dems Running Out of Options

The Democrats have reached a fork in the road. And they have put Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid in charge of the map and compass. You know you’re having a good evening when you get to quote yourself in a previous Frum Forum blogpost .  As I wrote the day after the elections last November: …

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Written by Brent R. Orrell on Wednesday January 20, 2010

Dems Running Out of Options

The Democrats have reached a fork in the road. And they have put Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid in charge of the map and compass. You know you’re having a good evening when you get to quote yourself in a previous Frum Forum blogpost .  As I wrote the day after the elections last November: …

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Written by Brent R. Orrell on Wednesday January 20, 2010

Can Massachusetts GOP Ride on Brown's Coattails?

Exclusive : FF spoke to Scott Brown and Massachusetts GOP state chair Jennifer Nassour about rebuilding the Massachusetts Republican party. “Après moi, le deluge?” is a fair question for Scott Brown to ask. The real question at the heart of this most bizarre special election is whether …

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Written by Byron Tau on Tuesday January 19, 2010

Can Massachusetts GOP Ride on Brown's Coattails?

Exclusive : FF spoke to Scott Brown and Massachusetts GOP state chair Jennifer Nassour about rebuilding the Massachusetts Republican party. “Après moi, le deluge?” is a fair question for Scott Brown to ask. The real question at the heart of this most bizarre special election is whether …

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Written by Byron Tau on Tuesday January 19, 2010

Don't Mess with the Sox

For all their faults, the Kennedys knew the folkways of Boston – and the Red Sox starting pitchers. They won elections. Coakley lost. [Mayor] Fitzgerald, meanwhile, basked in the reflected glow of his favorite team, elated at all the attention the Red Sox' winning ways had afforded him.  Back …

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Written by John S. Gardner on Tuesday January 19, 2010

Don't Mess with the Sox

For all their faults, the Kennedys knew the folkways of Boston – and the Red Sox starting pitchers. They won elections. Coakley lost. [Mayor] Fitzgerald, meanwhile, basked in the reflected glow of his favorite team, elated at all the attention the Red Sox' winning ways had afforded him.  Back …

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Written by John S. Gardner on Tuesday January 19, 2010

Brown Should be Sworn in Quickly

The Democratic majority in the Senate has the power to seat Scott Brown, the obvious landslide choice of the people of the Commonwealth, on Wednesday. And it should. Martha Coakley has conceded a race that was not even close.  The Constitution makes the Senate the "judge of the elections, …

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Written by Henry Clay on Tuesday January 19, 2010

Brown Should be Sworn in Quickly

The Democratic majority in the Senate has the power to seat Scott Brown, the obvious landslide choice of the people of the Commonwealth, on Wednesday. And it should. Martha Coakley has conceded a race that was not even close.  The Constitution makes the Senate the "judge of the elections, …

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Written by Henry Clay on Tuesday January 19, 2010

Freezin' for a Reason

FF Liveblogging Exclusive: In all my years of grassroots campaign involvement, I have never felt such palpable excitement from the voters – and I never would have expected it in Massachusetts, where I spent four years in college. To see how it has changed is surreal. This weekend I traveled …

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Written by Rachel Hoff on Tuesday January 19, 2010

Freezin' for a Reason

FF Liveblogging Exclusive: In all my years of grassroots campaign involvement, I have never felt such palpable excitement from the voters – and I never would have expected it in Massachusetts, where I spent four years in college. To see how it has changed is surreal. This weekend I traveled …

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Written by Rachel Hoff on Tuesday January 19, 2010

D-Day for Obamacare

The voters of Massachusetts are deciding more than simply who will represent them in Washington, they may well be deciding the fate of the Democrats' health reform plans. An upset in the Bay State? The polls give an edge to Scott Brown; well respected political analyst Charlie Cook now rates this …

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Written by David Gratzer on Tuesday January 19, 2010

D-Day for Obamacare

The voters of Massachusetts are deciding more than simply who will represent them in Washington, they may well be deciding the fate of the Democrats' health reform plans. An upset in the Bay State? The polls give an edge to Scott Brown; well respected political analyst Charlie Cook now rates this …

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Written by David Gratzer on Tuesday January 19, 2010

Who Gets Bragging Rights if Brown Wins?

The national Republican Party's machine ignored the Massachusetts Senate race until Scott Brown willed himself into contention. Well, now Charlie Cook, who knows whereof he speaks in these matters, has Brown as slightly favored .  I saw the tired old politicians around Coakley along with …

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Written by John Vecchione on Tuesday January 19, 2010

Who Gets Bragging Rights if Brown Wins?

The national Republican Party's machine ignored the Massachusetts Senate race until Scott Brown willed himself into contention. Well, now Charlie Cook, who knows whereof he speaks in these matters, has Brown as slightly favored .  I saw the tired old politicians around Coakley along with …

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Written by John Vecchione on Tuesday January 19, 2010

Martha Coakley's Lowest Blows

As the Senate election in Massachusetts became more and more competitive, Democrat Martha Coakley chose to go negative to halt the sudden ascendancy of Republican Scott Brown. Here are FrumForum’s top picks for Coakley’s most embarrassing negative ads. As the special Senatorial election in …

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Written by Tim Mak on Tuesday January 19, 2010

Martha Coakley's Lowest Blows

As the Senate election in Massachusetts became more and more competitive, Democrat Martha Coakley chose to go negative to halt the sudden ascendancy of Republican Scott Brown. Here are FrumForum’s top picks for Coakley’s most embarrassing negative ads. As the special Senatorial election in …

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Written by Tim Mak on Tuesday January 19, 2010

Join Us for Election Night

Join Frum Forum 's coverage of the Massachusetts Senate special election tonight. Frum Forum will be liveblogging the results from 7:30 onwards here , and we'll be constantly updating the Scroll to feature reaction from commentators about what tonight's outcome means for Obama's health care …

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Written by David Frum on Tuesday January 19, 2010

Join Us for Election Night

Join Frum Forum 's coverage of the Massachusetts Senate special election tonight. Frum Forum will be liveblogging the results from 7:30 onwards here , and we'll be constantly updating the Scroll to feature reaction from commentators about what tonight's outcome means for Obama's health care …

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Written by David Frum on Tuesday January 19, 2010

Answering Krugman

Paul Krugman takes issue with my concerns that increased financial regulation could harm financial innovation. Paul Krugman comments on something I said on TV this past weekend: I don’t always agree with Naomi Klein, and I don’t always disagree with David Frum, but Klein wins this one hands …

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Written by David Frum on Tuesday January 19, 2010