iFive of six Senate candidates gather at a forum sponsored by the League of Women Voters at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, Mass. , Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. The six candidates are vying for the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the death of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy. At far left is moderator Robert Pauqette of WFCR radio. The seated candidates are, left to right, Republicans state Sen. Scott Brown, Jack E. Robinson and Democrats U.S. Rep. Michael Capuano, Alan Khazei and Stephen Pagliuca. The party primaries are Dec. 8 and the special election is Jan. 19, 2010. AP Photo logo AP Photo 3 weeks ago

iFive of six Senate candidates gather at a forum sponsored by the League of Women Voters at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, Mass. , Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. The six candidates are vying for the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the death of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy. At far left is moderator Robert Pauqette of WFCR radio. The seated candidates are, left to right, Republicans state Sen. Scott Brown, Jack E. Robinson and Democrats U.S. Rep. Michael Capuano, Alan Khazei and Stephen Pagliuca. The party primaries are Dec. 8 and the special election is Jan. 19, 2010.

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  1. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 21: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) listens during a news conference regarding the Senate's health care reform bill on Capitol Hill on November 21, 2009 in Washington, DC. The Senate is expected to cast a procedural vote on the measure later today after Senate Democrats said they secured enough votes needed to propel major health care legislation to the floor for debate.
  2. Vice President Joe Biden speaks to fellow Democrats at the Jefferson Jackson Dinner, Saturday Nov. 21, 2009 in Des Moines, Iowa.
  3. HANOVER, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 15: Lower Saxony Governor Christian Wulff of the German Christian Democrats (CDU) holds a speach during Robert Enke's memorial service prior to Enke�s funeral at AWD Arena on November 15, 2009 in Hanover, Germany. Tens of thousands of fans paid their last tribute to Enke, who was also goalie for the German national team, following Enke�s suicide on November 10.
  4. DRESDEN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 13: A visitor sits in a Tesla Roadster electric car at the stand of German utility RWE at the party congress of the German Social Democrats (SPD) on November 13, 2009 in Dresden, Germany. RWE is among several German electricity producers who are actively promoting electic car use.
  5. Former US President Bill Clinton talks with reporters after discussing health care legislation during the Democrats' weekly caucus on November 10, 2009 inside the Capitol in Washington, DC. Clinton paid a rare visit to the US Senate Tuesday to unite Democrats who are divided on President Barack Obama's push for a sweeping overhaul of US health care. Fifteen years after his own dramatic push to remake the US system collapsed after a strong start, Clinton addressed Democrats behind closed doors at their weekly policy luncheon to give Obama's plans a shot in the arm.
  6. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 10: Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) talks to reporters after a news conference about Democratic efforts to pass an omnibus veterans� health bill at the U.S. Captiol November 10, 2009 in Washington, DC. Democrats indentified Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) as the sole Republican holding up the passage of the bill designed to help Iraq and Afghanistan combat veterans and family caregivers of the seriously wounded.
  7. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 7: U.S. President Barack Obama arrives to make a statement for the press in Rose Garden of the White House November 7, 2009 in Washington, DC. US President Barack Obama spoke about healthcare reform legislation after visiting the Capitol to make a final appeal to House Democrats to vote for a health-care bill. The House will start debates this afternoon on legislation aimed at guaranteeing near-universal access to health care and a vote is scheduled this evening.
  8. HOBOKEN, NJ - NOVEMBER 3: New Jersery Governor, Democrat Jon Corzine waves to supporters after casting his vote at a polling station November 3, 2009 in Hoboken, New Jersey. Corzine faces Republican Chris Christie and Independent Chris Daggett in today's election.
  9. NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 03: New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks with the media after voting November 3, 2009 in New York City. Bloomberg is running for a third term as mayor of New York against Democrat William Thompson Jr. While the race has been tightening, polls still show Bloomberg with a commanding lead over Thompson.
  10. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 29: Flanked by House Republicans, House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) speaks about a healthcare reform bill during a news conference on Capitol Hill October 29, 2009 in Washington, DC. Boehner was joined by other House Republican members who voiced concern over a health care reform bill from House Democrats.
  11. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 29: Protersters demonstrate during an event at the U.S. Capitol unveiling the Democrats ' 'Affordable Health Care for America Act' October 29, 2009, in Washington, DC. The proposed bill would cost $896 billion over 10 years and extend health care to 96 percent of Americans, according to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's office.
  12. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 27: (L-R) Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT), Sen. John Rockefeller (D-WV), Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Development Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd (D-CT) hold a news conference after a Democratic policy luncheon in the U.S. Captiol October 27, 2009 in Washington, DC. Reid reinforced the Senate Democrats' position on including a 'public option' in its version of the health care reform legislation.
  13. A doctor displays a placard as he takes part in a rally in Washington, DC, on October 1, 2009 to voice disapproval of the current health care bills in Congress. US President Barack Obama, who has made overhauling US health care his top domestic priority, has said he supports the so-called 'public option,' and many core Democrats say they will oppose a final plan without one.
  14. TROY, NY - SEPTEMBER 21: New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo (R) attends an appearance by President Barack Obama at Hudson Valley Community College on September 21, 2009 in Troy, New York. Obama has reportedly asked current New York Gov. David Paterson to step aside in the race for governor as his support in New York has dropped precipitously. Many Democrat party leaders prefer Cuomo for the governor's race should he decide to run.
  15. US Senator Max Baucus, a Democrat from Montana and chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, speaks with the media after a meeting of the so-called 'Gang of Six,' a bipartisan group of US Senators, to work on health care reform legislation on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, September 14, 2009.
  16. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 09: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) talks with reporters outside his office on Captiol Hill September 9, 2009 in Washington, DC. Baucus was leaving after a 45-minute meeting with the 'Gang Of Six' and said the three Democrat and three Republican senators will be meeting again tomorrow morning.

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  1. Democratic candidate Michael E. Capuano speaks during a Senate candidates forum sponsored by the League of Women Voters at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, Mass., Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. Six candidates are vying for the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the death of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy. The party primaries are Dec. 8 and the special election is Jan. 19, 2010.
  2. Republican candidate Jack E. Robinson is shown during a Senate candidates forum sponsored by the League of Women Voters at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, Mass., Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. Six candidates are vying for the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the death of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy. The party primaries are Dec. 8 and the special election is Jan. 19, 2010.
  3. Democratic candidate Stephen Pagliuca speaks during a Senate candidates forum sponsored by the League of Women Voters at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, Mass., Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. Six candidates are vying for the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the death of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy. The party primaries are Dec. 8 and the special election is Jan. 19, 2010.
  4. Democratic candidate Alan Khazei speaks during a Senate candidates forum sponsored by the League of Women Voters at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, Mass., Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. Six candidates are vying for the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the death of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy. The party primaries are Dec. 8 and the special election is Jan. 19, 2010.
  5. Republican candidate Scott Brown is shown during a Senate candidates forum sponsored by the League of Women Voters at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, Mass., Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. Six candidates are vying for the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the death of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy. The party primaries are Dec. 8 and the special election is Jan. 19, 2010.
  6. Five of six Senate candidates gather at a forum sponsored by the League of Women Voters at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, Mass., Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. The six candidates are vying for the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the death of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy. From left to right are Republicans state Sen. Scott Brown , Jack E. Robinson and Democrats U.S. Rep. Michael Capuano, Alan Khazei and Stephen Pagliuca. The party primaries are Dec. 8 and the special election is Jan. 19, 2010.
  7. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 21: Former Massachusetts Governor and GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney addresses a forum of the Foreign Policy Initiative at the W Hotel September 21, 2009 in Washington, DC. Romney said the Obama Administration's foreign policy has alienated allies like Poland and encouraged autocrats like Vladamir Putin in Russia.
  8. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 21: Former Massachusetts Governor and GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has a microphone attached to his tie before addressing a forum of the Foreign Policy Initiative at the W Hotel September 21, 2009 in Washington, DC. Romney said the Obama Administration's foreign policy has alienated allies like Poland and encouraged autocrats like Vladamir Putin in Russia.
  9. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 21: Former Massachusetts Governor and GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney addresses a forum of the Foreign Policy Initiative at the W Hotel September 21, 2009 in Washington, DC. Romney said the Obama Administration's foreign policy has alienated allies like Poland and encouraged autocrats like Vladamir Putin in Russia.
  10. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 21: Former Massachusetts Governor and GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney addresses a forum of the Foreign Policy Initiative at the W Hotel September 21, 2009 in Washington, DC. Romney said the Obama Administration's foreign policy has alienated allies like Poland and encouraged autocrats like Vladamir Putin in Russia.
  11. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 21: Former Massachusetts Governor and GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney addresses a forum of the Foreign Policy Initiative at the W Hotel September 21, 2009 in Washington, DC. Romney said the Obama Administration's foreign policy has alienated allies like Poland and encouraged autocrats like Vladamir Putin in Russia.
  12. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 21: Former Massachusetts Governor and GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney addresses a forum of the Foreign Policy Initiative at the W Hotel September 21, 2009 in Washington, DC. Romney said the Obama Administration's foreign policy has alienated allies like Poland and encouraged autocrats like Vladamir Putin in Russia.
  13. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 28: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), former Senator Edward William Brooke (R-MA), Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Senator John Kerry (D-MA) and Vicki Reggie Kennedy, wife of late Sen. Edward Kennedy, gather onstage after a ceremony to honor Brooke with the Congressional Gold Medal in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on October 28, 2009 in Washington, DC. Brooke, a two-term Republican senator from 1967-1979, was the first African-American elected to the senate by popular vote.
  14. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 09: Vicki Kennedy, wife of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA), waits for U.S. President Barack Obama to arrive for a joint session of the U.S. Congress at the U.S. Capitol September 9, 2009 in Washington, DC. Obama was scheduled to address the joint session to urge passage of his national health care plan, the centerpiece of his domestic agenda.
  15. FILE -- In this Jan. 20, 2009 file photograph provided by Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy, Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., right, poses for a picture with his son, Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I., at the inauguration of President Barack Obama at the Capitol in Washington. Congressman Kennedy took out a half-page ad inside front section of Sept. 6, 2009 edition of The Providence Journal thanking his Rhode Island constituents for their support and sympathy after his father's death.
  16. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 25: (L-R) Edward Kennedy Jr., Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI), Kara Kennedy, Sen. Paul G. Kirk Jr. (D-MA), Gail Kirk and Vice President Joseph Biden gather for a photo during a mock swearing-in ceremony at the US Capitol building on September 25, 2009 in Washington, DC. Senator Kirk, will fill the Senate seat of Sen. Ted Kennedy who died on August 25 of brain cancer.

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