From DelawareOnline:

Republican Scott Brown staged a dramatic political upset Tuesday, capturing the late Ted Kennedy’s longtime Massachusetts seat in the U.S. Senate and possibly signaling a rebuke by voters to President Barack Obama’s policies.

Democrat Martha Coakley, who conceded the race shortly after 9 p.m., was once considered a shoo-in for the seat in the heavily Democratic state. The outcome suggests that even in strong Democratic states — including Delaware — candidates of Obama’s party could face difficulties in the November midterm elections. In recent months, Republicans already have taken the governorships of New Jersey and Virginia from Democrats.

More immediately, Brown will become the 41st Republican in the 100-member Senate, which could enable the GOP to block the president’s health care legislation and the rest of Obama’s agenda. Democrats needed Coakley to win for a 60th vote to thwart Republican filibusters.

One Delaware Democrat, Attorney General Beau Biden, has surely been watching the race in Massachusetts as he ponders whether to seek his father’s old Senate seat in Delaware, political analysts and observers said Tuesday. That election is nine months away.

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