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Republican Scott Brown has won the Massachusetts special Senate election. Early returns showed an 52 percent lead for the low-key Republican, with Democrat Martha Coakley falling behind at 47 percent.
Brown outperformed analysts expectations and took unexpected leads in areas such as Dartmouth, Massachusetts, where Brown was projected to need 49 percent of the vote to win, but got 53 percent. Sixty-three percent of the heavily liberal Boston area swung for Coakley — an astonishingly low margin.
"You can't underscore how big a victory this is," said Mitt Romney, speaking on Fox News.
Brown's daughter, Ayla, a former American...
The Massachusetts Miracle: Brown Wins, Obama Loses
Date: Jan 20, 2010 - 3:06 PM EST New definition for "Laughing Stock"
Arlen Specter
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...Depends last evening when they called the election in favor of Scott Brown.
Cause no doubt the old "laughing stock" as you put it, poopied his breeches.