I’m told by Fox News that Martha Coakley is denying that she said last night, “If I don’t win, 2010 is going to be hell for Democrats.” Instead, she claims she said something completely different, something in the vein of giving hell to the Republicans.

I checked with my source who was at her fundraiser last night; he stands by his account 100 percent. He said that if anyone there has video of her “hell” comment, they should put it out for the public to evaluate. I’m reminded of the Eason Jordan controversy from a few years back. When one side is saying “Let’s go to the videotape” and one isn’t, I know which side I trust more.

Also, the autopilot-set ninnies at the DSCC are insisting that the shove of John McCormick was in some way “a dirty trick.” Yeah, Michael Meehan is the victim in all this. McCormack’s body got in the way of his thrusting hands.

Look, if I were in the dire straits that Coakley is, I’d be tempted to lie, too. But consider that A) it’s precisely what you would say to a room full of Democratic donors to get them to write the biggest checks they could and B) does anyone dispute that if she does lose, 2010 will be hell, or at least a really miserable year, for Democrats?