![“It is a little unsettling to realize that more people in this state want to vote [Republican] than I would have suspected, so that does make me feel a little isolated,’’ said Annabel Gill at the 1369 Coffee House in Cambridge. “It is a little unsettling to realize that more people in this state want to vote [Republican] than I would have suspected, so that does make me feel a little isolated,’’ said Annabel Gill at the 1369 Coffee House in Cambridge.](http://cache.boston.com/resize/bonzai-fba/Globe_Photo/2010/01/21/1264132653_1759/539w.jpg)

Liberal bastions lament as the blue fades
![“It is a little unsettling to realize that more people in this state want to vote [Republican] than I would have suspected, so that does make me feel a little isolated,’’ said Annabel Gill at the 1369 Coffee House in Cambridge. “It is a little unsettling to realize that more people in this state want to vote [Republican] than I would have suspected, so that does make me feel a little isolated,’’ said Annabel Gill at the 1369 Coffee House in Cambridge.](http://cache.boston.com/resize/bonzai-fba/Globe_Photo/2010/01/21/1264132653_1759/539w.jpg)
They filed in and out of coffeehouses, all but crying in their cappuccinos, barely touching their carrot cake muffins, still in shock that Scott Brown - a Republican! - had been elected to the US Senate in the state that pioneered universal health care, legalized same-sex marriage, and normally sends 12 Democrats to Congress. (Full article: 894 words)
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