Massachusetts Senate Race: Thinking the Unthinkable

• By Stuart Rothenberg
• Roll Call Contributing Writer
• Jan. 19, 2010, Midnight

It’s difficult for any handicapper, professional or amateur, to think the unthinkable. And Republican Scott Brown defeating Attorney General Martha Coakley in the Massachusetts Senate special election to fill the remainder of the term of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy (D) certainly would have been unthinkable even a month ago.