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They said that Ted Kennedy's death was the end of an era, and "they" weren't kidding: In Epic Upset, GOP's Brown Wins Mass. Senate Race

In an epic upset in liberal Massachusetts, Republican Scott Brown rode a wave of voter anger to win the U.S. Senate seatheld by the late Edward M. Kennedy for nearly half a century, leaving President Obama's health care overhaul in doubt and marring the end of his first year in office.

The loss by the once-favored Democrat Martha Coakley in the Democratic stronghold was a stunning embarrassment for the White House after Obama rushed to Boston on Sunday to try to save the foundering candidate. Her defeat on Tuesday signaled big political problems for the president's party this fall when House, Senate and gubernatorial candidates are on the ballot nationwide.

"I have no interest in sugarcoating what happened in Massachusetts," said Sen. Robert Menendez, the head of the Senate Democrats' campaign committee. "There is a lot of anxiety in the country right now. Americans are understandably impatient."

I have seen the fall of the Berlin Wall, and now I have seen a Republican win Ted Kennedy's seat. Sometimes politics is the art of the impossible.

UPDATE: I can't resist linking to this, via Instapundit: The Brown Revolution

Around the world over the past decade, longstanding and stultifying power elites have been toppled by what came to be known as the “color revolutions” — notably the Rose Revolution in Georgia, the Orange Revolution in Ukraine, and hopefully the Green Revolution in Iran. Now the political elites in Boston and Washington have been rocked by the Brown Revolution.

Warning, though. It's not enough to have a revolution. We thought we had one in 1994, but it petered out pretty quickly. And, the ones described above have featured some serious backsliding as of late. And, western-style electoral "revolutions" - I'm thinking of Koizumi's and Reagan's especially - often find it devilishly hard to reform their systems, even with solid mandates.

UPDATE 2: another via Instapundit: From a Brown Victory Party

For at least five minutes, we stood looking at each other in disbelief. Some people kept looking at the TV looking for confirmation from AP. Could it be true?

Finally it sank in. The cheering began to subside, and then came the cry: "Who's next?"

Another roar, and then came the names: Kerry, Frank, and loudest of all Gov. DevalPatrick

"And then we'll go to Washington and take back our country! Yeeeaarrgh!"