Morning roundup.

I covered a ton of links in my afternoon roundup yesterday, so if you are looking for a story today that you think I missed, check there.

There is a ton of stuff in the Globe today, beginning with op-eds by all three candidates:

--Scott Brown lays out his positions on the issues, then concludes: "They call me a long shot. But I’m betting that a new day is coming in Massachusetts. I am running in the name of all independent-thinking citizens, whether they are Democrats, Republicans, or unenrolled, to take on one-party rule, and the Beacon Hill bosses, and their machine, and their candidate."

--Martha Coakley notes her background and accomplishments, lists her goals in the Senate, and concludes: "It’s about your families, it’s about your communities, it’s about the unprecedented challenges we and future generations face. I have seven grandnieces and a grandnephew whom I adore, and I want them to live in a better world, where they have access to good jobs, quality, affordable health care, and a clean environment. I want them to live in a world that is not only safe and secure but also just, and where equality and fairness exist so that they are free to pursue their dreams.  I ask you to stand with me on Tuesday, Jan. 19, to lead Massachusetts and this nation into the next great chapter of our history.

--Joe Kennedy begins by recognizing Ted Kennedy's place in history, and says, "I did not get into this race for fame or money. It cuts my pay and intrudes into my private life, but I expected that. I entered because every day I see more friends out of work, struggling to support their families, and I know how to fix it."  He goes on to lay out his positions, before concluding: "This race is about our future, our jobs, and our children. There is only one way out of this recession and that is through spending cuts. I will go to Washington with a big eraser. Where I find waste I will work to repeal it and return every dollar to the taxpayer. If you care about our economy, jobs, affordable health care, our troops, and 100-percent equality for all there is only one choice on January 19th and that is Joe Kennedy."

--After weeks of bashing Coakley's campaign, the Globe editorial page is now rallying to her cause.  Following yesterday's anti-Brown endorsement, today both Yvonne Abraham and Joan Vennochi went after the GOP contender.  Abraham castigates Brown for denying he sponsored the controversial emergency contraception bill (and for dragging his daughters into the mess to defend him), while Vennochi admits that Coakley, "has run a dull Senate campaign," but that Brown, "wants voters to forget what he stood for in the past and accept him for the positions he now embraces."

--Brian Mooney reports on the oodles of ad spending by outside groups (and local TV stations continue to rejoice!) in the Senate race.  He also notes that negative ads are everywhere (watching the Celtics last night at Game On! [where my team lost trivia on the very last question.  Damn you Dave Matthews!], I must have seen Coakley's ad attacking Brown half a dozen times).

--Eric Moskowitz writes from the Brown campaign trail.  The piece is a fairly glowing account of Brown's relentless retail campaigning and, aside from some polite disagreements with a Coakley voter or two (and this fun line: “I haven’t changed in 18 years, since I was 18,’’ Brown says, the cold numbing his powers of subtraction.), Brown comes off very well.

--Matt Viser reports on yesterday's campaigning, and notes that, according to a Globe review of the candidates public schedules, Coakley has held 19 public events since December 8 - compared to 59 for Brown.

--The Herald's Hillary Chabot reports that Scott Brown "warned" President Obama to stay away from Massachusetts and "not to interfere" with the Senate race. Chabot says there is word Coakley is pushing for an Obama visit on Sunday night.

--Margery Eagan says voters are "man-crushing" on Scott Brown, and Martha Coakley better "bring in the forklifts" to get voter turnout up.

--Jessica Van Sack reports that Brown is out-spending Coakley, a development that was unfathomable two weeks ago (maybe even a week ago).

--Luckily for Coakley, Democratic groups are outspending Republican groups 2-1, according to The Fix.  Who also seemed perplexed by Coakley's comment in yesterday's Globe (maybe I can be the homeless man's Chris Cillizza).

--Abby Goodnough notes in the New York Times that Coakley, is adding to her schedule the kind of meet-and-greet stump events that she largely ducked for weeks.

--Scott Brown told the Washington Examiner it's him "against the machine."

--At CW Unbound, Robert David Sullivan has some links I have missed and writes on Scott Brown as "Goliath killer."

Tough to keep up with all this news, but I am loving every minute of it.