memeorandum: Bill O'Reilly: ‘The white establishment is now the minority’ (Mackenzie Weinger/Politico)

9:50 AM ET, November 7, 2012

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Welcome To Liberal America — Barack Obama, gay marriage, weed, and a new focus on climate change. This is the country, and the Republican Party has to adapt. — Image by John Gress / Reuters — President Barack Obama's sweeping victory in the 2012 election, his party's wide win in the Senate …

Discussion: The Atlantic Online, Outside the Beltway, The Mahablog and Marbury

Jonathan Martin / Reuters:

Election aftermath: GOP soul-searching: ‘Too old, too white, too male’? — BOSTON — President Barack Obama's thrashing of Mitt Romney exposed glaring structural weaknesses in the GOP that will shut the Republicans out of the White House until they find a way to appeal to a rapidly changing America.

Discussion: The Daily Caller, First Read and Politico

Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:

The Republicans Bet Everything, and Obama Won It All — You remember the scene in Game Change, when John McCain's adviser tells him that selecting Sarah Palin is “high risk, reward”? And McCain (or Ed Harris as McCain, or whatever) starts grinning uncontrollably?

Discussion: Prairie Weather

Joe Von Kanel / CNN:

Exit polls: Top issues for voters — (CNN) - What issues are on voters' minds? — The exit polls give some insights. — Follow the Ticker on Twitter: @PoliticalTicker — Check out the CNN Electoral Map and Calculator and game out your own strategy for November.

Discussion: Politico, New York Magazine, ABCNEWS, Reuters and Sky Dancing

Harry J Enten / Guardian:

How the pollsters won the 2012 US election, mostly — It was a good night for most polling organisations; aggregators got it close to perfect. For the ‘unskewed’ crowd, not so much — The election has come and gone. There are still some results outstanding, but the biggest race is decided.

Discussion: The Daily Dish

Joe Von Kanel / CNN:
Exit polls: Abortion as an election issue

Discussion: Ballot Box, The PJ Tatler and Politico

Dan Merica / CNN:
Baldwin outlasts Thompson, wins open Wisconsin Senate seat

Discussion: Politico and ABCNEWS

Emily Schultheis / Politico: Exit polls 2012: Voters blame George W. Bush

Laurie Ure / CNN:
The Kennedys are back in Congress — (CNN) - After a two-year absence …

Discussion: The Greenroom

New York Times:

Divided U.S. Gives Obama More Time — Barack Hussein Obama was re-elected president of the United States on Tuesday, overcoming powerful economic headwinds, a lock-step resistance to his agenda by Republicans in Congress and an unprecedented torrent of advertising as a divided nation voted to give him more time.

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Joel B. Pollak / BREITBART.COM: COURAGE FOR THE LONG WAR AHEAD

New York Times:

President Obama's Success — President Obama's dramatic re-election victory was not a sign that a fractured nation had finally come together on Election Day. But it was a strong endorsement of economic policies that stress job growth, health care reform, tax increases and balanced deficit reduction …

Discussion: The Hinterland Gazette, Vox Popoli, Guardian and Sky Dancing

Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Joe Donnelly upsets Richard Mourdock in Indiana

Discussion: CNN, Macleans.ca, ABCNEWS and Outside the Beltway

Halimah Abdullah / CNN:
Big gains for women in 2012

Discussion: Guardian, ABCNEWS and Taylor Marsh

Fox News:
Republicans keep House, as Democrats close to locking down Senate majority

Discussion: Pirate's Cove

Seung Min Kim / Politico: Warren wins — BOSTON — Liberal icon Elizabeth Warren defeated …

Alexandra Jaffe / Ballot Box:
Elizabeth Warren elected to Senate

Discussion: ABCNEWS

Matt Ferner / The Huffington Post:

Amendment 64 Passes: Colorado Legalizes Marijuana For Recreational Use … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Denver News, Polls, Smoking, Video, 420, Marijuana, Colorado Amendment 64, Campaign To Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol, Colorado Marijuana Legalization, Colorado Politics, Denver Colorado, Legal Weed, Marijuana, Marijuana, Denver News

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CNN:
Colorado, Washington pass marijuana legalization; Oregon says no

Discussion: The Fix, The Daily Caller and New York Magazine

Chelsea Conaboy / Boston Globe:
Massachusetts voters approve ballot measure to legalize medical marijuana

Discussion: Business Insider, Crooks and Liars and The Raw Story

Elyse Siegel / The Huffington Post:
Marijuana Legalization On The Ballot: (INTERACTIVE RESULTS)

Discussion: EconLog

Raquel Villanueva / KUSA-TV:
Colorado voters pass pot legalization with Amendment 64

Discussion: LewRockwell.com Blog and GayPatriot

Kevin Robillard / Reuters:

Rep. Allen West's race still undecided — Florida Rep. Allen West's bid for reelection remained too close to call on Wednesday, as the tea party Republican trailed his Democratic opponent by fewer than 3,000 votes. — Patrick Murphy has 160,328 votes, or 50.4 percent, to West's 157,782 votes …

Discussion: TCPalm.com and Outside the Beltway

Alexandra Jaffe / Ballot Box:
Rep. Allen West loses reelection

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Connecting.the.Dots and theGrio

John Lantigua / Palm Beach Post: West, Murphy race too close to call

Dorsey Shaw / BuzzFeed:

Karl Rove Freaks Out About Fox News Calling The Election For Obama — “We've got to be careful about calling things when we have like 991 vote separating the two candidates and a quarter of the vote left to count.”

Discussion: The Raw Story and blogs.telegraph.co.uk

The Huffington Post:
Fox News, Karl Rove Argue With Network About Whether Obama Won Ohio (VIDEO)

Discussion: Mediaite, Los Angeles Times, ABCNEWS, The Week and Crooks and Liars

Paul Krugman:

The Real Real America — So, for a while there during the campaign it seemed very iffy. But in the end, discipline and being on the right side of the issues prevailed. Yes, Elizabeth Warren won! — Oh, and that guy Obama too. — Tomorrow — or I guess today — comes the cleanup …

Discussion: The PJ Tatler, americanthinker.com, Balloon Juice and Economist's View

Michelle Malkin:

Election 2012: Obama gets his “revenge,” but conservatives must stand tall — Ohio has been called for Barack Obama. Iowa went for Obama. Colorado went for Obama. Florida and Virginia have not been called yet, but those don't look good, either. The Romney camp is disputing the Ohio call.

Discussion: American Power

BuzzFeed:

The New Most Popular Tweet Of All Time — Via @BarackObama. — John Herrman — an hour ago — 99 responses

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William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:

Dunkirk — I'll have more in the morning, but my quick thoughts. — Of course it was a bad defeat tonight. Let's not kid ourselves. — We had a chance to stop the decline, and we didn't. — We held the House pretty strongly, so that's good, and a reflection that candidates and ideology matter.

CNN:

Transcript: Obama's victory speech — (CNN) - President Barack Obama delivered remarks Wednesday in Chicago. Read below for a transcript of Obama's remarks. — OBAMA: Thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much. — Tonight, more than 200 years after a former colony won the right …

Discussion: ABCNEWS

Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:

Bill O'Reilly: ‘The white establishment is now the minority’ — Fox News's Bill O'Reilly said tonight that if President Barack Obama wins re-election, it's because the demographics of the country have changed and “it's not a traditional America anymore.” — “The white establishment is now the minority,” O'Reilly said.

Discussion: CNN

Sean Sullivan / The Fix:

Republican Mia Love concedes to Democrat Jim Matheson in Utah — Rep. Jim Matheson (D-Utah) survived a tough challenge from Saratoga Springs Mayor Mia Love (R), edging out the challenger by little more than a single percentage point. — (Rick Bowmer/AP) — With all precincts reporting …

Discussion: The PJ Tatler, The Gateway Pundit, Pirate's Cove, americanthinker.com and theGrio

Emily Friedman / ABCNEWS:

'That's When You Know You're Gonna Win' — PITTSBURGH - Mitt Romney's campaign always makes his arrivals in various cities known to the local media, and in turn the public, but never before has a crowd of this size shown up to greet him. Upon landing here in Pittsburgh …

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, No More Mister Nice Blog and The Gateway Pundit

CNN:
Romney: I've only written a victory speech

Discussion: Crooks and Liars, Associated Press, Weasel Zippers, Ballot Box and The Greenroom

Deirdre Walsh / CNN:

Boehner lays down a marker on taxes — Washington (CNN) - Shortly after multiple networks projected that Republicans would retain control of the House, Speaker John Boehner took to the stage with a message that looked ahead to the battle over the fiscal cliff - the GOP isn't budging on taxes.

Discussion: Reuters and Politico

Alexander Burns / Politico:

It's official: New Hampshire governor, House and Senate delegations all women — I posted yesterday on the possibility that New Hampshire could elect a female governor and an all-female congressional delegation this year, and that's exactly what has come to pass.

Discussion: Guardian, CNN and Outside the Beltway

CNN:

Transcript: Romney's concession speech — (CNN) - Mitt Romney delivered his concession speech Tuesday in Boston. Read below for a transcript of Romney's remarks. — Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, my friends. Thank you so very much. — (APPLAUSE) — Thank you.

Justin Sink / The Hill:

Romney concedes race for the White House — BOSTON —Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney conceded the presidential election early Wednesday morning in a brief address to supporters in Boston. — Romney told a subdued crowd that he had called Obama to congratulate him on his victory, and he wished the president well.

Discussion: ABCNEWS and Politico