41

The Boston Globe calls it for Scott Brown, so he will be the 41^st Republican in the Senate.

I was right with my prediction, and that sucks. Normally I'm wrong.

For the optimists, refer to my earlier take on potential positives of Coakley losing, (the bullet points toward the end of the post) but for me, this just sucks.

Two words: Budget Reconciliation.

Jon Stewart captures the essence of what is wrong with both candidate Coakley (first 5½ minutes), and the Democratic Party (after).