Jan 18, 2010

Obama advisors: Coakley will lose the Kennedy seat

About Tuesday’s special election to fill the Massachusetts Senate seat held by the late Ted Kennedy for more than 40 years: Obama advisors believe Republican state Senator Scott Brown (upper photo) will win.

A CNN report at the link below says advisers are still hopeful that Obama's visit to Massachusetts on Sunday - coupled with a late push by Democratic activists - could help Coakley (lower photo) pull out a narrow victory in an increasingly tight race.

However, the presidential advisers have grown increasingly pessimistic in the last three days about Coakley's chances after a series of missteps by the candidate.

But White House spokesman Bill Burton told CNN: "The President is in Massachusetts today because he believes Martha Coakley is the right person for the job and indeed will be the next senator from Massachusetts."

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