“Martha Coakley” on The Daily Caller

Barack Obama was inaugurated as president one year ago Wednesday to the hosannas of the mainstream media. He strolled down Pennsylvania Avenue hand-in-hand with his wife Michelle, exuding the confidence of a man basking in sky-high poll numbers that approached 70 percent. What a difference a year makes. (more)

The market in high-mileage GMC pickup trucks spiked on Wednesday as Republican candidates strained to stuff themselves into the Scott Brown template for victory in hostile terrain. The Massachusetts Republican spent the past two weeks as the second-most surprised person in the Bay State as he detected and seized a whirlwind of discontent. (more)

The nation’s politicians and political operatives are noodling what Sen.-elect Scott Brown’s victory on Tuesday means for the political climate in their states. My guess is that the reality is there are too many variables for most states to draw a clean comparison analogy. But the Bay State’s neighbor to the north, New Hampshire, may present the most compelling analogy. And that’s bad news for the Democrats. (more)

Three days ago, when the White House sent its top man to stump for Martha Coakley, Barack Obama told Massachusetts Democrats that electing “their” candidate was key to enacting his agenda. (more)

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Republican Sen. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, at a Senate leadership press conference Wednesday, said Republican Scott Brown’s victory sent “a large and resounding message” across the country that people are fed up with the Democratic agenda. (more)

President Obama warned Democrats in Congress today not to “jam” a health care reform bill through now that they’ve lost their commanding majority in the Senate, and said they must wait for newly elected Massachusetts Republican Scott Brown to be sworn into office. (more)

The White House is trying to stay chipper after Tuesday’s debacle in Massachusetts. (more)

Scott Brown’s historic Senate victory yesterday has drawn attention from every corner–including infamous online Hitler videos. (more)

Do the roots of Republican Scott Brown’s shocking win on Tuesday go back to August? Is the White House paying the price for ignoring, and even mocking, grassroots anger that was obvious in the summer? (more)

Red, white and blue balloons and confetti tumbled down over a jubilant crowd reveling in the victorious upset campaign run by Republican Scott Brown in a special Senate election. (more)

Since the moment Republican senatorial candidate Scott Brown made Tuesday’s special election in Massachusetts a horse race, the reporting of his improbable ascent has been downright offensive. (more)

Scott Brown’s win is obviously great news that is worthy of celebration. For conservatives, especially after watching the nation embrace a media-created fraud like Barack Obama and make him president with 60 votes in the Senate, seeing Brown win was like suddenly finding an oasis in the desert that has been the political landscape for most of the past three years. Discovering this spring of hope, in of all places, Massachusetts and in the vaunted “Kennedy” seat certainly makes the thirst quenching aspect of this event all that much more satisfying. (more)

Democrat Martha Coakley delivered her concession speech tonight after losing the Massachusetts special election for Ted Kennedy’s senate seat that just weeks ago she was assumed to have in the bag. (more)

Republican Scott Brown on Tuesday beat Democrat Martha Coakley to win the Massachusetts Senate seat left vacant in August after Sen. Ted Kennedy’s death. (more)

DCCC Chairman Chris Van Hollen, in a prepared statement released moments after Martha Coakley's abrupt concession, works to do what she couldn't: Shift the blame back to Bush. (more)

Massachusetts voters will send Republican Scott Brown to the U.S. Senate, an upset hardly fathomed just weeks ago that conservatives across the country are hailing as a rejection of the national Democratic platform. (more)

8:28pm — Romney won Sudbury 58%-37%. Coakley just carried it 51%-48%. 52%-47% Brown with just under 10% in. But Boston hasn’t started reporting yet. – Sean Trende (more)

President Barack Obama’s top political advisor, David Axelrod, said today that if the White House had been asked earlier, more could have been done for embattled Democratic Senate candidate Martha Coakley in Massachusetts. (more)

Just about every election night, Republican pollster Frank Luntz assembles a focus group of likely voters to help predict election results. Tonight you can see Luntz interview an assembly of Massachusetts voters on Fox at 9:10 p.m. EST. (more)