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The must reads about Massachusetts and other news. And Massachusetts:
- Big win for Brown. [Boston Globe]
- David Corn: Independents gave Kennedy’s seat to the Tea Party. [Mother Jones]
- 6.0 magnitude aftershock hits Haiti. [NY Times]
- Is Haiti UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon’s Katrina? [FP]
- Michael Steele: Massachusetts race “a model for campaigns of the future.” [Washington Wire]
- What to do about health care reform after Brown’s Mass. victory. [Kevin Drum]
- I wish this was an Onion headline: Lobbyist touts “green coal” to gov’t staffers. [MoJo]
- Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke asks the GAO to review the Fed’s AIG bailout. [Planet Washington]
- Citigroup loses $7.6B in the three months of 2009. [WaPo]
- How will Obama react to an even less cooperative Senate? [MoJo]
- Brady Campaign boosts Obama campaign with its seal of disapproval. [Reason]
- The problem with making law in the wake of a tragedy (and mandatory sentencing). [TAPPED]
- The future of polling: More surveys from rich interest groups. [Kevin Drum]
- US public transit riders save $9,200 a year compared with drivers. [Treehugger]
- How does Conan O’Brien’s severance stack up on Wall Street? [CSMonitor]
- Surprisingly PG-13 Christmas cards from Hustler, Larry Flint’s pioneering
smutpolitical rag. [Riff]
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