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“In many ways the campaign in Massachusetts became a referendum not only on health care reform but also on the openness and integrity of our government process. It is vital that we restore the respect of the American people in our system of government and in our leaders. To that end, I believe it would only be fair and prudent …

It is as it was feared. In a dramatic upset that will end Democrats’ super majority in the Senate, Massachusetts Republican Scott Brown defeated Democrat Martha Coakley to claim the seat held by the late Ted Kennedy for more than 46 years. Coakley called Brown to concede the race shortly before 9:30 p.m., a Democratic aide told ABC News. After …

The polls haven’t even closed in Massachusetts yet, but Scott Brown is telling the media that he is going to Washington tomorrow to demand that he be seated at once so that he can immediately begin tearing down our tyrannical Marxist overlords. The GOP has been screaming that Democrats are plotting to delay Brown’s official recognition until the coming healthcare …

Reporters asked GOP Senate candidate Scott Brown if he apologizes for saying that the president’s mother wasn’t married when she had him. Brown, who apparently does not have internet access or a very good memory, denied having said it. The special election to replace Ted Kennedy is today.

JMG reader Wilson tips us to this teabagger clip for Scott Brown in which they say that a vote for him is a vote against the “tyrannical government of Obama.” The music is a riot. The comments on YouTube, not so much.

The teabaggers are putting everything they’ve got into the campaign of Scott Brown, hoping to humiliate the president now that he’s so strongly endorsed Martha Coakley.

Teabaggers hero Scott Brown, who is running against MA Attorney General Martha Coakley in Tuesday’s special election to replace Ted Kennedy, said he’s not so sure that the president’s parents were married when Obama was born. This clip is from the 2008 GOP convention.

Blistering. Yowtch.

On Tuesday Massachusetts votes on Ted Kennedy’s Senate replacement, a contest that attracted huge donations from health care reform opponents. Today the president issued the below endorsement of MA Attorney General Martha Coakley, an outspoken advocate for health care reform AND a friend of the LGBT community. UPDATE: GOProud head Christopher Barron has posted another diatribe, this time accusing the …

After charges of flip-flopping and carpetbagging rained down on him yesterday, today former Tennessee Rep. Harold Ford (D) took to the op-ed pages of the New York Post to bolster his cause to unseat Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand. I am pro-choice — have always been since I entered politics almost 15 years ago. My cumulative grade with NARAL during 10 years …

Former Tennessee Rep. Harold Ford, who announced last week that he is considering running for Kirsten Gillibrand’s Senate seat in New York, was one of 34 Democrats who voted for the Federal Marriage Act. But this morning he told Matt Lauer on the Today Show that he’s changed his mind. Host Matt Lauer asked, “So you’re now in favor of …

Mere hours after the retirement announcement of Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND) comes the news that Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) will announce that he too is retiring at the end of this term. Unlike Dorgan, Dodd’s retirement is actually seen as a good thing for the Democrats. Embattled Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd (D) has scheduled a press conference at his home …

Sen. Bryon Dorgan (D-ND) has announced that he will retire at the end of 2010, increasing Republican chances of diminishing the Democrats’ filibuster-proof supermajority. Asked about the retirement, a Democratic strategist told TPMDC, “It wasn’t expected and comes as a bit of a surprise, but it’s not shocking. Senator Dorgan has served for a long time and it’s not surprising …

“I helped expose many of Barack Obama’s lies in 2008. Today, I am fighting for the facts about Mark Kirk. Illinois Republican leader Jack Roeser says there is a ‘solid rumor that Kirk is a homosexual.’ Roeser suggests that Kirk is part of a Republican Party homosexual club. Lake County Illinois Republican leader Ray True says Kirk has surrounded himself …

One of President Obama’s openly gay appointees has passed muster in the Senate. Minnesota’s next U.S. Marshal will be Minneapolis’ openly gay Assistant Police Chief Sharon Lubinski. Her confirmation by the U.S. Senate was announced Monday morning by Minnesota Democrat Amy Klobuchar, who recommended her. Lubinkski was formally nominated for the post in October by President Barack Obama and confirmed …

Conservative sites are claiming that Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) was drunk during a speech about health care reform on December 23rd. Hmm, he does seem a little slurry.

It’s definitely not the bill we wanted, but this morning the Senate voted 60-39 to approve its version of health care reform. The Senate voted Thursday to reinvent the nation’s health care system, passing a bill to guarantee access to health insurance for tens of millions of Americans and to rein in health costs as proposed by President Obama. The …

Remember when Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) asked for prayers that a fellow Senator miss the crucial cloture vote on health care reform, presumably due to illness or death? This morning, teabaggers were wondering if their prayers backfired when Coburn’s Oklahoma GOP colleague Sen. James Inhofe failed to show for a second procedural vote. From a caller to Sen. John Barrasso …

Embiggen the image for a breakdown of the positive changes some claim will result from the pending health care reform bill. (Via – Andrew Sullivan)