http://www.politico.com/arena/
This is a great read, live reactions from both sides. Most Dems are saying this was caused by DC....but this one stood out to me, and is EXACTLY what libs are going to preach all week:
Yousef Munayyer Exec. Dir., The Jerusalem Fund :
I wouldn't interpret this as a message about Washington or health care. Coakley came off as more "out of touch" with the electorate than most candidates. Her calling Curt Schilling a Yankee fan was a good example. What no one accounted for was all the Yankee fans who crossed the state lines to campaign for Brown hoping to distance themselves from Coakley's sacreligeous baseball comment.
Also, why should Massachusetts independents support a health care bill that would increase spending when they already have universal health care in the state? The incentives to vote for Coakley quickly dissapated.
Make no mistake, the effect of this election may have national reverbirations, but the causes were entirely local.