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		<title>How He Did It: Behind The Scott Brown Win</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:47:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BOB OAKES and LISA TOBIN</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One man is given much of the behind-the-scenes credit for Scott Brown's stunning victory in the U.S. Senate race. Eric Fehrnstrom is being hailed by many on the right as the new "genius strategist" of the GOP. In an interview with WBUR, Fehrnstrom reveals what he considers to be the turning points for the Scott Brown campaign, the one fatal error of the Martha Coakley campaign, and the moment he knew they really had a shot.]]></description>
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		<title>Scott Brown, The New Hero Of The GOP</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 11:05:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BIANCA VAZQUEZ TONESS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since Scott Brown was elected to the U.S. Senate last week, he's been portrayed as a hero for the Republican party and political underdogs everywhere. In a single bound, Brown took a leap from a minority senator to the 41st Senate vote against President Obama's health care overhaul. Brown's "hero" label is not only something that he appears to embrace, but may also shed light on who he is as a politician.]]></description>
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		<title>Tea Party Credited With Giving Brown A Winning Boost</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:04:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BOB OAKES and ANDREW PHELPS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before the Republican upset on Tuesday, you might not have heard of the Greater Boston Tea Party, once described by its founder as "a loosely affiliated group of right-wing extremists." Now the local chapter of a national grassroots movement gets credit for helping build Scott Brown's unstoppable momentum in the U.S. Senate race.]]></description>
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		<title>Coakley Owns &#8216;Heartbreaking&#8217; Election Loss</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:50:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BOB OAKES and BENJAMIN SWASEY</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After her surprise loss to Republican Scott Brown in the Senate race, Attorney General Martha Coakley tells WBUR  she should have taken the Brown campaign seriously sooner.]]></description>
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		<title>Capuano: I Understand Voter Anger, Welcome Challengers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:40:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BOB OAKES</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Republican strategists say the state's all-Democratic congressional delegation is vulnerable because of Scott Brown's strong showing in their districts. Rep. Michael Capuano of Somerville is not worried, but he said Brown's victory is "a wake-up call for anybody in elected office."]]></description>
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		<title>Brown Arrives On Capitol Hill, Meets With Senators</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:15:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>THE ASSOCIATED PRESS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sen.-elect Scott Brown came to Congress with celebrity swagger Thursday, attracting hordes of cameras while proclaiming Washington needs help because "we've sort of lost our way."]]></description>
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		<title>The Towns Vote For Change, Again</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 10:09:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DAVID BOERI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The stunning victory of Scott Brown required the dramatic political turnabout by voters in a wide sweep of towns that had delivered large margins of victory to Barack Obama and Deval Patrick in the last two state-wide elections.]]></description>
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		<title>Too Little, Too Late: Advocacy Groups Lament Role In Coakley Campaign</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 10:07:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MONICA BRADY-MYEROV</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many of the classic constituents of the Democratic Party are second guessing the role they played in the crucial Massachusetts Senate race, after Martha Coakley's stunning loss to Republican Scott Brown. ]]></description>
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		<title>Brown Heads To Washington To Meet The Democrats</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2010/01/21/elex-folo</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 10:04:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FRED THYS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sen.-elect Scott Brown is headed for Washington on Thursday morning. He won't be sworn in, but he wants to meet all the Democrats who represent Massachusetts. ]]></description>
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		<title>Rep. Frank Fears For Future Of Health Care Reform</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2010/01/20/frank-2</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 01:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LISA TOBIN</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rep. Barney Frank says he is disappointed by the Democrats' loss of a Senate seat but is calling on his party colleagues not to try to ram the existing health care bill through Congress before Republican Sen.-elect Scott Brown takes office.
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		<title>Obama Puts Brakes On Health Care Overhaul</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2010/01/20/obama-health-care-6</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:07:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>THE ASSOCIATED PRESS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Obama advised fellow Democrats against trying to jam a health care bill through Congress after taking a devastating hit from the loss of a Senate seat. He said Wednesday it's time to come together around a bill that can draw Republican support, too.]]></description>
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		<title>VIDEO: Scott Brown Press Conference</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:28:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>THE WBUR NEWSROOM</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The day after he claimed Massachusetts' open U.S. Senate seat, Republican Scott Brown held a press conference in Boston to discuss the election victory and its significance going forward. ]]></description>
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		<title>Analysis: Coakley Underestimated Brown&#8217;s &#8216;Amazing Political Talent&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2010/01/20/morning-after</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BOB OAKES</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The fallout from Tuesday's U.S. Senate special general election is being felt across Massachusetts and the nation, as Republican Scott Brown pulled an upset to beat the onetime favorite, Democrat Martha Coakley.]]></description>
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		<title>Brown Promises His Upset Will Be The First Of Many</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2010/01/20/brown-wins</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 08:40:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FRED THYS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In his victory speech Tuesday night, the new senator-elect from Massachusetts said something that would sound very unusual coming from most winning politicians in this liberal state.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Coakley Loss Catches Democrats &#8216;Flat-Footed&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 08:11:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MONICA BRADY-MYEROV</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Martha Coakley returns full-time Wednesday to her job as state attorney general. Coakley did not win the election that many Democrats believed would be an easy victory. Instead, Republican Scott Brown won 52 percent of the vote to Coakley’s 47 percent.]]></description>
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		<title>Inside The Numbers: Breaking Down The Senate Returns</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 07:52:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>STEVE BROWN</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The numbers in Tuesday's U.S. Senate election were extraordinary on all counts. More voters showed up at the polls than in any non-presidential general election in Massachusetts since 1990. And when they did turn out, 52 percent of voters cast their ballots for Scott Brown, the first time in decades that the liberal state has elected a Republican to federal office.]]></description>
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		<title>Payne &amp; Domke: Brown Victory Signifies Deep Dissatisfaction Of Mass. Voters</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 06:14:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BOB OAKES</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WBUR’s political analysts — Democrat Dan Payne and Republican Todd Domke — go back and forth on what a Scott Brown win and a Martha Coakley loss mean for Massachusetts and for the country at large.]]></description>
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		<title>Town-By-Town Senate Election Results</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 05:39:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>THE WBUR NEWSROOM</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Town-by-town election results for each Senate candidate.]]></description>
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		<title>GOP&#8217;s Scott Brown Wins Upset In Mass. Senate Race</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2010/01/19/brown-victory</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 04:05:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>THE ASSOCIATED PRESS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a major upset in liberal Massachusetts, Republican Scott Brown rode a wave of voter anger to defeat Democrat Martha Coakley in a U.S. Senate election Tuesday that left President Obama's health care overhaul in doubt and marred the end of his first year in office.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama: &#8216;We Can&#8217;t Win Them All&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 03:24:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>THE ASSOCIATED PRESS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The White House says President Obama has called Republican Scott Brown to congratulate him on his victory over Democrat Martha Coakley in the Massachusetts Senate race.]]></description>
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