With 1623 out of 2168 precincts reporting, the AP has called the Massachusetts special election for Republican Scott Brown, and the Boston Globe is reporting that Martha Coakley has conceded to Scott Brown.
Assuming these results hold, we will now have our first true teabagger senator -- and it didn't have to happen. Look for Senator Scott Brown to be in the Senate for only three years, but to use that as a launching pad of one unpleasant sort or another.