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Republican Scott Brown and Democrat Martha Coakley are battling for Bay States votes on Massachusetts airwaves. Brown is attempting to link himself to JFK, even though Vicki Kennedy has endorsed Coakley for the seat previously held by her late husband Ted. Here’s a round-up of the latest print, broadcast and radio campaigns:

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Top Democratic operative John Podesta expressed cautious optimism on Saturday that the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts, Martha Coakley, would defeat Republican Scott Brown in Tuesday’s special election, despite running what he called a “lackluster campaign.” (more)

What was supposed to be a rally for Democratic candidate Martha Coakley turned into a talk by Bill Clinton about Haiti and the danger of letting the perfect be the enemy of the good enough. (more)

Massachusetts Republican candidate for senator, Scott Brown, raised more than $750,000 from contributors today, according to his Web site. The fundraising is part of the 24-hour “Red Invades Blue” money bomb effort planned by the campaign for Monday. (more)

A Massachusetts senator could derail President Barack Obama’s health-care bill, a twist of irony given the late Sen. Ted Kennedy’s long career of lobbying for reform on Capitol Hill. (more)

Abstract: What do conservatives want? To be free, to live virtuous and productive lives, to be secure from threats beyond and within our borders, and to live in a society that sustains and encourages these aspirations: freedom, virtue, safety–goals reflected in the libertarian, traditionalist, and national security dimensions of the conservative movement and coalition. But to achieve these perennial goals, conservatives must communicate in language that connects with the great majority of the American people in all stations of life. Virtually all conservatives hold in common the conviction that there is indeed an "eternal meaning." The recent past has been unsettling to American conservatives, but in the words of William F. Buckley Jr. nearly 50 years ago, "the wells of regeneration are infinitely deep." (more)