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    Massachusetts Senate Race: Healthcare and More in the Balance

    In the bluest state in the nation, Republicans are all fired up and ready to go, and the Democrats could lose the US Senate seat held by the late Ted Kennedy.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    In the bluest state in the nation, Republicans are all fired up and ready to go, and the Democrats could lose the US Senate seat held by the late Ted Kennedy. Yesterday, President Obama made a last-ditch effort to get Massachusetts voters to replace Kennedy with a Democrat. Will the "liberal lion" be replaced by a conservative who wants to kill Kennedy's dream of healthcare reform and scuttle President Obama's legislative agenda? We get the latest on tomorrow's special election and look at the Senate rule that makes it important nationwide. Is the filibuster a reasonable way to protect the minority or does it make a mockery of majority rule?

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Katie Cooper

      Producer, 'One year Later'

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      Christian Bordal

      Managing Producer, Greater LA

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      Karen Radziner

      Managing Producer, To the Point & Which Way LA?

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      Susan Milligan

      US News and World Report

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      Andrew E. Smith

      University of New Hampshire

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      Harold Meyerson

      Editor, The American Prospect; and Columnist

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    2 of 3
    What's Happening in Massachusetts?
    1. 0:00Haitians Flock from the City to the Countryside
    2. 7:49Massachusetts Senate Race: Healthcare and More in the BalanceYou’re reading this
    3. 42:59Medical Care in Haiti
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