Brown Trounces Coakley in Senate Race

BOSTON –Yahoo News has reported an epic upset in liberal Massachusetts. Republican Scott Brown rode a wave of voter anger toward President Obama today to defeat Democrat Martha Coakley in a U.S. Senate election that left President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul in doubt and capped off his first year of failures in office.  The response by today’s voters acts as a clear referendum on the President and his Agenda.

Immediately, Brown will become the 41st Republican in the 100-member Senate, which could allow the GOP to block the president’s health care legislation and the rest of Obama’s agenda. Democrats needed Coakley to win for a 60th vote to thwart Republican filibusters.  [Read More]

(H/T The Drudge Report)