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Jonathan Karl / ABCNEWS:
ABC News Exclusive: Nancy Pelosi Seriously Considers Staying as Democratic Leader — In the Wake of Tuesday's Shellacking, the Current Speaker May Remain in Congress and in Leadership — In the wake of Tuesday's shellacking, outgoing Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-CA …
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Devin Dwyer / ABCNEWS:
Rep. John Boehner Says President Obama and Democrats in ‘Denial’ — Slurpee Summit? Future Speaker Boehner Says He'd Prefer Merlot — Republican Rep. John Boehner, the likely next speaker of the House of Representatives, says he believes President Obama does not fully comprehend the meaning …
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Top Blue Dog calls for Pelosi to quit — An elder statesman of the moderate Blue Dog Coalition is calling on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to step down from party leadership after a historic election in which she presided over the loss of 60 seats and control of the House.
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Joe Klein / Swampland:
Blue Dogs Dumped
Blue Dogs Dumped
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Great, great news: Pelosi might stay on as House minority leader
Great, great news: Pelosi might stay on as House minority leader
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
WHY WHINE ABOUT SUCCESS?.... In his speech at the Heritage …
WHY WHINE ABOUT SUCCESS?.... In his speech at the Heritage …
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Shuler Threatens to Challenge Pelosi for Minority Leader
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Harkin warns: No repealing or defunding healthcare reform on my committees
Harkin warns: No repealing or defunding healthcare reform on my committees
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William Galston / The New Republic:
It's the Ideology, Stupid
It's the Ideology, Stupid
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Russell Berman / The Hill:
Pelosi seriously considering bid for minority leader
Pelosi seriously considering bid for minority leader
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Jim Brunner / Seattle Times:
Rossi concedes; Sen. Patty Murray wins fourth term — Democrat Patty Murray has won a fourth term to the U.S. Senate. Her Republican challenger, Dino Rossi, conceded the race Thursday evening after new vote totals showed Murray widening her lead. — Sen. Patty Murray has survived …
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JDill / Dino Rossi for Senate:
Rossi Statement On Washington State Senate Race — Bellevue, WA - U.S. Senate candidate Dino Rossi made the following statement regarding the Washington Senate race: — “This evening, I called Senator Murray to offer my congratulations on her re-election to the U.S. Senate.
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Seattle Times
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Murray holds on to Dem Senate seat in Washington — (CNN) — Washington Democratic Sen. Patty Murray will serve a fourth term in the Senate after challenger Dino Rossi conceded Thursday, two days after Election Day. — Murray held a 2 point lead with 82 percent of the vote counted Thursday night.
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New York Magazine
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Wire:
Fuzzy Math Dogs Obama's Asia Trip — As if Tuesday's shellacking wasn't enough, President Barack Obama is getting pilloried by the right on the cost of his 10-day trip to Asia, with outlandish hyperventilation going directly from suspect Indian media reports to conservative U.S. media outlets …
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
No, Obama's not taking 34 Navy ships to India with him
No, Obama's not taking 34 Navy ships to India with him
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Rasmussen Reports:
GOP Voters Like Three Candidates Best for 2012 — OK, the election's over, and the message from most voters was that they didn't care much for President Obama's agenda. Now the focus is on the race for the presidency in 2012. — On the Republican side, it's a dead heat between the ex-governors …
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Keach Hagey / The Politico:
Kondracke: Palin's a ‘joke’
Kondracke: Palin's a ‘joke’
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Grayson: I'll (probably) be back, and Republicans still stink — Alan Grayson, the highest profile Florida Democrat in Congress to lose Tuesday, blamed his loss on poor Democratic turnout and implied he'd likely seek a return to public office. — “Anything is possible,” he told the Buzz.
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Ian Katz / Bloomberg:
Geithner Visited Jon Stewart in April, Though Not for Laughs — In the midst of debates on financial regulation and China's currency in April, Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner sat down to discuss the U.S. economy — with comedian Jon Stewart. — Geithner and Stewart, host of Comedy Central's …
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goproud.org:
Exit Polling Shows Gay Voters Played Important Role in Republican Victories in the U.S. House — For Immediate Release — GOP Captures almost 1/3 of Gay Vote in House Races — (Washington, D.C.) - Exit polling reveals that gay and lesbian voters played a critical role …
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Jonathan Capehart / PostPartisan:
GOP: Gay Old Party? More gays voted Republican than in 2008
GOP: Gay Old Party? More gays voted Republican than in 2008
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GOP candidate slams the NRCC — North Carolina Republican congressional candidate Renee Ellmers might well be headed to Washington — but she's slamming the National Republican Congressional Committee regardless. — In a 471-word statement posted on her campaign website Thursday afternoon …
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Renee / Renee Ellmers for Congress:
Conservative Recount Alert! — Etheridge Asks for Recount — Dear Supporters, Election night, after the ten counties in my district had reported their votes, I led Bob Etheridge by 2,100 votes. (That number is crucial because under North Carolina law Congressman Etheridge is not entitled …
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Tea Party Flexes Muscle with Republicans — WASHINGTON — The incoming leadership of the new House Republican majority hardly had a chance to relish its dismantling of the Democrats before the Tea Party came calling in the form of Representative Michele Bachmann.
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Gail Collins / New York Times:
The Day After the Day After — O.K., you poor little Democrats. Stop sobbing. Lift up your little liberal heads and shout. There's gonna be. ... Umm. — Harry Reid! There's gonna be more Harry Reid! Nobody thought it could happen, but the charisma-challenged Senate majority …
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Emily Pierce / Roll Call:
Nelson: No Plans to Switch Parties
Nelson: No Plans to Switch Parties
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BREAKING in Illinois: CNN projects Democratic Gov. win — (CNN) - Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn has narrowly won his bid for a full term in Illinois, CNN projects. He defeated Republican challenger Bill Brady and three other minor candidates. Quinn was lieutenant governor in 2009 …
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Palin ‘favorites’ photo that claims Obama is a ‘Taliban Muslim’ — (Correction: An earlier version of this post incorrectly reported that Sarah Palin had retweeted a posting by Ann Coulter. Palin had starred the posting, which marks it as a “favorite.") — Updated 9:32 p.m.
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