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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2010
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 Patrick Kennedy 
 Slams Scott Brown 

Ted Kennedy's son calls successor's candidacy a 'joke'

Feb 5, 10 1:48 PM CST

Sorry GOP,
Seating Brown Will Have to Wait

Kennedy was sworn in fast, but under different circumstances

Jan 20, 10 11:48 AM CST
SEDUCED BY A STRANGER

 'Drunk' Voters: 
 What Happened 
 Last Night? 

Who was that handsome man in the barn jacket?

Jan 20, 10 4:08 AM CST

 Kennedy Son: 
 Voters Wanted 'Blood' 

'Unorganized' Dems did poor sales job in Mass. race

Jan 19, 10 10:24 PM CST
ANALYSIS

GOP Wants Brown Seated ASAP ... Just Like Kennedy

But state must certify first, Senate rules say

Jan 19, 10 9:00 PM CST
UPDATED

 Brown Wins Mass. Senate Seat 

Republican upset puts Dems' national agenda at risk

Jan 19, 10 8:39 PM CST

Mass. Election Could Seal Fate of Health Reform

Dems' options if Brown wins not looking good

Jan 19, 10 7:31 AM CST

 Dems Roll Out Brown Clip 
 Suggesting Obama Mom Unwed 

Mass. Senate candidate compared Obama's mother to Bristol Palin

Jan 18, 10 8:50 PM CST

Brown Widens Gap, Takes 9-Point Lead Over Coakley

Republican up 41 points among  independents

Jan 18, 10 4:35 PM CST
analysis

 Blame Kennedy 
 for Coakley 

If he hadn't held his seat so long, Democrats would have more talent

Jan 18, 10 11:44 AM CST

 Obama Stumps for Coakley; 
 Brown Up by 5 Points  

Scott Brown surges in furious finish to Mass. Senate race

Jan 18, 10 5:23 AM CST

 Obama Will Visit 
 Mass., Stump 
 for Coakley 

White House pulls out the stops in Mass. special election

Jan 15, 10 3:43 PM CST
new poll

 Scott Brown 
 Pulls Ahead 
 in Mass. 
 Senate Race 

Republican leads Martha Coakley 50% to 46%

Jan 15, 10 7:46 AM CST

 Obama Turns Up 
 Heat in Mass. 
 Senate Race 

New video urges support for Coakley, president's agenda

Jan 14, 10 2:26 PM CST
Nate Silver

Dems Could Actually Lose Kennedy Seat

Swing voters weak on Coakley—even some who back health care

Jan 13, 10 8:58 AM CST
oops

Dem's Attack Ad Misspells 
Massachusetts

Martha Coakley's campaign airs a typo in TV spot

Jan 12, 10 5:40 PM CST
IN 24 HOURS

Republican Rakes In $1.3M in Race for Kennedy Seat

16,000 online donors respond to request

Jan 12, 10 3:12 PM CST

Mass. Senate Race Becomes Referendum on Health Bill

Candidates to succeed Kennedy cast selves as deciding vote

Jan 12, 10 9:06 AM CST

Rush Limbaugh Steps Into 'Negro' Fray

Says, 'It was negroes that brought Ted Kennedy his booze'

Jan 12, 10 7:55 AM CST
OPINION

GOP Won't Win Kennedy Seat—But It'll Be Close

Loss of 'Bush shield' will rattle Dems

Jan 6, 10 4:14 AM CST
DANA MILBANK

 Health Bill Passage 
 a Tribute to Ted Kennedy 

'Liberal lion' invoked by both left and right, but what would he think?

Dec 24, 09 6:06 PM CST

 Kennedy's Widow: 
 Don't Let Ted Down 
 on Health Care 

Please finish 'the work of his life,' writes Victoria Kennedy

Dec 19, 09 8:29 AM CST

Few Voters Go to Polls in Primary for Kennedy's Seat

Martha Coakley favored in less-than-energetic race

Dec 8, 09 11:14 AM CST

Vicki Kennedy Rules Out Politics, Recalls Ted's Battle

He trained every day to have strength to attend Obama's inauguration

Nov 25, 09 3:02 PM CST


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Off the Grid a Michael Wolff Newser Column

It’s the Sex, Stupid   

8
Feb 9, 10 | 7:46 AM BY Michael Wolff

Stories about the sex lives of politicians are just about the hottest copy in the business. So hot, that the hottest story at the New York Times is the rumor of a story about the sex life of David Paterson, New York’s governor. We are all waiting for the great bombshell. Although it may be that we don’t even need an actual story, that having had so many stories about politicians' sex lives, we can all fill in the blanks. There are already reports... More »

For Me, Palin Scores

64
Feb 8, 10 | 7:10 AM BY Michael Wolff

Andrew Sullivan , the journalist and blogger, who flirted for many years with conservatism and the Republican party, has become the... More »

Politics Has Lost Its Power. That’s Why There’s Gridlock

28
Feb 5, 10 | 8:39 AM BY Michael Wolff

Everybody’s beating their breasts about Washington gridlock. Let’s defend gridlock for a moment. The opposite of gridlock... More »

Rupert Murdoch Is Mad as Hell

8
Feb 4, 10 | 8:07 AM BY Michael Wolff

Rupert is off the reservation again. This is always a possibility when News Corp.’s quarterly earnings reports are issued and... More »

Sarah Palin, Inc. Has a Problem

16
Feb 3, 10 | 8:00 AM BY Michael Wolff

Before this gets out of hand, I want to try to save the word “retarded,” which seems robust and meaningful and evocative... More »

Obama’s Deficit Faux-Hawk

12
Feb 2, 10 | 12:14 PM BY Kevin Spak

During his State of the Union address, Barack Obama promised to freeze government spending , not this year, but soon, and not on defense,... More »

Jenny Sanford, Andrew Young, Gayle Haggard Tell Everything You Always Want to Know About Sex—Other People's

9
Feb 2, 10 | 8:32 AM BY Michael Wolff

Maybe the problem is not so much with sex but with books. The great thing (I mean the really great thing) about books (good books... More »

James O’Keefe: What Did Glenn Beck Know, and When Did He Know It?

18
Feb 1, 10 | 8:12 AM BY Michael Wolff

I can offer some reasonable speculation about where this O’Keefe business is going. There are the perpetrators, the four... More »

JD Salinger, and His Way, Are Dead

38
Jan 29, 10 | 7:02 AM BY Michael Wolff

A number of months ago, when he roused himself to file yet another law suit against another writer who came too close to him, I wrote... More »

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