Today on the Dish we covered the devastating defeat of Martha Coakley. Blogger reax here. Andrew's reaction here, and his earlier assessment of the race here. Leading up to the defeat, TPM, Ambinder, Yglesias, Tom Schaller, DiA, Jeff Davis, and a reader divined the political fallout. Karen Tumulty, Michael Moynihan, Ambinder, and a reader tracked Coakley's plummet. Josh Marshall and Reihan imagined how things could have been different. Andrew warned the Democrats not to get sucked into Rove's game. James Joyner, Reihan, and a reader rebutted Andrew's view of Republican nihilism, but he stood his ground.
On the torture deaths, the American media continued their silence, the denial on the right deepened, and the Obama administration cowered. Greenwald, Andrew, and Megan despaired. On Haiti, Noam Scheiber critiqued the coverage, Tyler Cowen flagged the perils of US involvement, and George Packer worried about Haitian politics. More images here.
Prop 8 update here.
— C.B.
(Photo: U.S. Senate democratic nominee Martha Coakley gives a concession speech as U.S. Senator John Kerry (D-MA) looks on (far left) January 19, 2010 at the Sheraton Boston in Boston, Massachusetts. Coakley lost to republican challenger State Senator Scott Brown in a special election to fill the seat of late U.S. Senator Edward M. Kennedy. By Darren McCollester/Getty Images)
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