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Reactions to Brown's win

Glenn Greenwald

Democrat candidate, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley concedes after losing a special election in Boston, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010, held to fill the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the death of Sen. Edward Kennedy. Massachusetts State. Sen. Scott Brown, R-Wrentham, was elected defeating Coakley and Joseph L. Kennedy, a Libertarian running as an independent and not related to the late Sen. Kennedy. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) (Steven Senne)

Massachusetts State Senator Scott Brown, R-Wrentham, votes in Wrentham, Mass., Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010. Brown is running against Democrat Martha Coakley in a special election to fill the U.S. Senate seat left empty by the death of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) (Robert F. Bukaty)

Scott Brown wins Massachusetts special election

Supporters of Massachusetts State Sen. Scott Brown, R-Wrentham, Barbara Ann O'Neill, left, of Wrentham, Mass., and Jacob Porter, right, of Bucks County, Penn., wave flags before results are announced at Brown's election-night headquarters in Boston, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010. Brown is on the ballot of a special election held to fill the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the death of Sen. Edward Kennedy. He is running against Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley, a Democrat, and Joseph L. Kennedy, a Libertarian running as an independent and not related to the late Sen. Kennedy. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola) (Elise Amendola)

Garrison Keillor

voters cast their ballots at the Longmeadow Community House Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010, in Longmeadow, Mass., for a special election held to fill the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the death of Sen. Edward Kennedy. Contending for the seat are Massachusetts State Sen. Scott Brown, R-Wrentham; Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley, a Democrat; and Joseph L. Kennedy, a Libertarian running as an independent and not related to the late Sen. Kennedy. (AP Photo/Springfield Republican, Michael S. Gordon) (Michael S. Gordon)

Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate Martha Coakley (L) and her husband Thomas walk away from the polling station after casting their votes in the special election to fill the Senate seat of the late Edward Kennedy in Medford, Massachusetts January 19, 2010. REUTERS/Brian Snyder (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) (Reuters)

Democratic candidate, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley, left, and her husband Thomas F. O'Connor, Jr. arrive at campaign stop in the special election to replace former Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010 in Springfield, Mass. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill) (Jessica Hill)

Why are health insurers happy about Massachusetts?

Massachusetts residents cast their votes in a special election to fill the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the death of Sen. Edward Kennedy, in Seekonk, Mass. Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010. Democrat candidate, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley, state Sen. Scott Brown, R-Wrentham, and independent Joseph L. Kennedy, no relation to Sen. Kennedy, are in the race. (AP Photo/Stew Milne) (Associated Press)

Strong turnout could be bad news for Coakley

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