“Massachusetts Senate” on The Daily Caller

In a shot across the bow to the insurance industry Tuesday, President Obama warned companies facing higher costs in part because of his health care law not to hike their prices, saying “we’ll be watching closely.” (more)

CAIRO (AP) — Al-Qaida’s U.S.-born spokesman warned President Barack Obama Sunday that the militant group may launch new attacks that would kill more Americans than previous ones. (more)

The Massachusetts Senate passed a far-reaching crackdown yesterday on illegal immigrants and those who hire them, going further, senators said, than any immigration bill proposed over the past five years. (more)

The Senate’s newest Republican called it “sad” that Barack Obama told a laughing crowd of Democratic donors on Tax Day that he was amused by the antics of Tea Partiers, who the president said should be thanking him for cutting their taxes instead of protesting against his policies. (more)

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A new poll of America’s 18-29 year-olds released yesterday by Harvard’s Institute of Politics gives the Republican Party serious hope for change in 2010. (more)

In the aftermath of Scott Brown’s historic victory in Massachusetts, some observers were quick to ask a hard question: did pro-life organizations and individuals sell their souls in campaigning for Brown, a pro-choice Republican and supporter of Roe v. Wade? In other words, did political expediency trump ideological commitment for pro-lifers? (more)

House Minority Whip Eric Cantor doesn’t believe the buzz in Washington that Democrats will successfully use reconciliation to ram health care reform through Congress. (more)

He’s a hero among the Tea Party activists for showing that the grassroots movement can help get conservative, small government candidates elected. (more)

Much more then a civics lesson in how politics should be defined by the will of the people (“With all due respect, it’s not the Kennedy’s seat, it’s not the Democrats’ seat, it’s the people’s seat”), and far more then a strategic lesson in what to do (driving around in a high-mileage, all-American truck) versus what not to do (insult a local all American Major League Baseball pitcher) in a political campaign, the recent electoral victory of Scott Brown over Marcia Coakley in the Massachusetts Senate race also provides an important, “teachable moment” for Republicans about young voters, across the nation. (more)

WASHINGTON – Former Vice President Dick Cheney has told conservative political activists he thinks Barack Obama is a “one-term president.” (more)

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Sarah Palin, in a speech that was short on ideas but big on enthusiasm, took aim at President Barack Obama and the Democrats, telling a gathering of “tea party” activists that America is ripe for another revolution. (more)

The surprise election of the dauntingly attractive Scott Brown to fill the Massachusetts Senate seat left by the late Ted Kennedy has left Democratic Congressional leaders struggling to find ways to pass their landmark health care reform legislation. The budget process called reconciliation, which only requires 51 votes for the Senate to consider a contentious bill, might be the Democrats’ last chance to do so. Politico reports: (more)

They’re still paying us, so we’re still watching. Here’s what happened this week on Keith Olbermann. (more)

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)

Scott Brown drew national attention — and some national dollars — for the sole fact that, if elected, he would be Republican’s 41st vote against President Barack Obama’s health-care bill. A look at the newest Massachusetts senator’s positions on other hot issues: (more)

Even before the votes are counted, Senator Evan Bayh is warning fellow Democrats that ignoring the lessons of the Massachusetts Senate race will “lead to even further catastrophe” for their party. (more)

Democrats were leaning Tuesday toward a plan to force the Senate’s version of health-care reform through the House if Republican Scott Brown wins the Massachusetts Senate seat. (more)

The Tea Party Express is financing more than $300,000 worth of television and online ads supporting Scott Brown, the Republican candidate for the Massachusetts Senate seat, up until tomorrow’s special election, according to the group. (more)

Washington (CNN) – Multiple advisers to President Obama have privately told party officials that they believe Democrat Martha Coakley is going to lose Tuesday’s special election to fill the Massachusetts Senate seat held by the late Ted Kennedy for more than 40 years, several Democratic sources told CNN Sunday. (more)