Mass Senate race: Coakley-Brown showdown

US President Barack Obama speaks alongside US Senate candidate Democrat Martha Coakley during a campaign rally for Coakley at the Cabot Center at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, January 17, 2010.

Massachusetts voters go to the polls today in a special election to fill the Senate seat left vacant by Ted Kennedy. The state Attorney General, Martha Coakley, swept the Democratic primary, but has faced an unexpectedly tough challenge from Republican state senator Scott Brown. The race is Coakley’s—and the Dems’—to lose. Who will win and what will it mean for the health care bill?

Massachusetts voters go to the polls today in a special election to fill the Senate seat left vacant by Ted Kennedy. The state Attorney General, Martha Coakley, swept the Democratic primary, but has faced an unexpectedly tough challenge from Republican state senator Scott Brown. The race is Coakley’s—and the Dems’—to lose. Who will win and what will it mean for the health care bill?

Guests:

Fred Thys, Reporter for WBUR in Boston