The ground just shook in Washington. Associated Press has just projected Scott Brown as the winner of the special election for Ted Kennedy's Senate seat. CNN says Brown just received the concession call from Democrat Martha Coakley. This is a stunning upset. The count isn't even going to be that close. Two big questions: [...]
If the numbers in Massachusetts hold steady, this would be a major upset in the works. With 65 percent of the vote in, Brown is leading with 53 percent of the vote. Coakley has 46 percent. No Republican has held this Senate seat since John F. Kennedy beat Henry Cabot Lodge, [...]
Were the major news organizations caught napping on the Senate special election in Massachusetts today? We're wondering. Polls closed back East at 5 p.m. Pacific time, and we turned on our TV to find that none of the major networks or other news organizations were doing any exit polling. As Wolf Blitzer on CNN [...]
Paul Gullixson
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This blog is written by Press Democrat editorial writers Paul Gullixson and Jim Sweeney.