Seating Mass. Senate winner could be delayed

Beritbart (AP): “Massachusetts’s top election official says it could take weeks to certify the results of the upcoming U.S. Senate special election. That delay could let President Barack Obama preserve a key 60th vote for his health care overhaul . . . ”

Washington Times: Rep. Frank lashes out over accusations that Mass. Dems would stall a Brown certification
“Mr. Brown about his concern on this issue.: ‘When I heard … the machine, not only locally but nationally, is trying to manipulate the process and make sure that if I’m elected, a duly elected senator, I can’t be seated in an effort to vote on this important piece of national legislation, it made me almost sick to my stomach,’ Brown said.”