Top Items:
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.
RELATED:
BuzzFeed:
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:
Alan Colmes' Liberaland, The Atlantic Online, Outside the Beltway, The Agonist, The Mahablog and Marbury
Joel B. Pollak / BREITBART.COM:
COURAGE FOR THE LONG WAR AHEAD — On November 6, the people of the United States rejected President Barack Obama. And re-elected him to a second term in office. — Though Obama failed to win a majority in the popular vote—and may even have lost the popular vote outright …
Discussion:
TBogg, The Agonist and The Lonely Conservative
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:
ABCNEWS, The Daily Caller, Daily Kos, Politico and ABCNEWS
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:
Lawyers, Guns & Money and Prairie Weather
Robert Stacy McCain / American Spectator:
Doomed Beyond All Hope of Redemption — Dark thoughts on the meaning of a catastrophic election. — GAHANNA, Ohio — Late Tuesday night, the pundits on TV began jabbering incomprehensibly along the lines of, “What does it mean?” — The American people — or, at the very least …
Discussion:
Slate, CANNONFIRE, BuzzFeed and American Power
RELATED:
Joe Von Kanel / CNN:
Exit polls: Abortion as an election issue
Exit polls: Abortion as an election issue
Discussion:
Shakesville, Ballot Box, Politico and The PJ Tatler
Joe Von Kanel / CNN:
Exit polls: Top issues for voters
Exit polls: Top issues for voters
Discussion:
Politico, ABCNEWS, New York Magazine, Reuters, Sky Dancing and The PJ Tatler
Jacob Sullum / Hit & Run:
Colorado and Washington Have Legalized Marijuana. What Now? — As Mike Riggs noted earlier tonight, voters have approved marijuana legalization measures in Colorado and Washington—an unprecedented change that could help lead our country away from the unjust, cruel …
Discussion:
Denver Post, Business Insider, JustOneMinute and Strange Bedfellows
RELATED:
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
Allison Linn / NBC Politics:
Colorado, Washington approve recreational marijuana use
Colorado, Washington approve recreational marijuana use
Discussion:
CNN, Taylor Marsh, Marginal Revolution, The Huffington Post, New York Magazine and Business Insider
The Atlantic Wire:
The Sad Faces of Fox News on Election Night — The early election returns and exit polls had little good news for Mitt Romney, and you could see it on the Fox News election team's faces. The reporters and pundits were not uniformly dejected, with Megyn Kelly sounding mostly like a regular reporter …
Discussion:
AMERICAblog, Sky Dancing, Taylor Marsh, The New Republic, the-reaction.blogspot.ca and The Huffington Post
RELATED:
Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
Bill O'Reilly: ‘The white establishment is now the minority’
Bill O'Reilly: ‘The white establishment is now the minority’
Discussion:
Outside the Beltway and CNN
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
How Conservative Media Lost to the MSM and Failed the Rank and File — Nate Silver was right. His ideological antagonists were wrong. And that's just the beginning of the right's self-created information disadvantage. — Before rank-and-file conservatives ask, “What went wrong?” …
Discussion:
Duck of Minerva
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, Babalú Blog and Outside the Beltway
RELATED:
Alexandra Jaffe / Ballot Box:
Rep. Allen West loses reelection
Rep. Allen West loses reelection
Discussion:
Palm Beach Post, CBS Miami, Breaking News …, Weasel Zippers, Talking Points Memo and Connecting.the.Dots
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:
Balloon Juice, The PJ Tatler, Prairie Weather, americanthinker.com and Economist's View
Wall Street Journal:
Hope Over Experience — A divided country gives Obama a second chance. — President Obama won one of the narrower re-elections in modern times Tuesday, eking out a second term with a fraction of his 7.3% margin of 2008, in a polarized country with the opposition GOP retaining and still dominating the House.
Discussion:
Israel Matzav, The Monkey Cage, Business Insider and Guardian
Patrick Marley / JSOnline:
GOP retakes state Senate and full control of state government — By Patrick Marley of the Journal Sentinel — Madison - Republicans recaptured the state Senate on Tuesday, once again giving them the complete control of state government that they used to enact sweeping changes in the last legislative session.
Discussion:
The Greenroom, Politico, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and The PJ Tatler
RealClearPolitics Video Log:
Chris Matthews: “I'm So Glad We Had That Storm Last Week” — CHRIS MATTHEWS: I am so proud of the country. To reelect this president and overcoming — not because of the partisanship or even the policies. Here's an African-American guy with an unusual background — part immigrant background …
Discussion:
Michelle Malkin, The Daily Caller, The Lonely Conservative, Gretawire and americanthinker.com
Ashley Fetters / The Atlantic Online:
Same-Sex Marriage Wins on the Ballot for the First Time in American History — Maine, Washington, and Maryland voted to legalize gay unions, while Minnesota struck down a measure that would have outlawed them. — AP — It was a pretty good night for marriage equality.
Discussion:
Associated Press, CNN, Wall Street Journal and Macleans.ca
RELATED:
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.” — Dorsey Shaw — an hour ago — 76 responses
Discussion:
blogs.telegraph.co.uk, The Raw Story and BuzzFeed
RELATED:
Kevin Cirilli / Politico:
Tammy Baldwin: It's more than being gay — Tammy Baldwin, who became the first openly gay U.S. senator when she won in Wisconsin on Tuesday, said that her campaign was about much more than LGBT issues. — When CNN anchor Soledad O'Brien asked her Wednesday morning if she felt …
Discussion:
CNN
RELATED:
Emanuella Grinberg / CNN:
Wisconsin's Baldwin makes history twice in Senate race
Wisconsin's Baldwin makes history twice in Senate race
Discussion:
The Week
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, americanthinker.com and Althouse
Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
‘Hillary2016’ trending worldwide — Hillary Clinton is likely still celebrating the reelection of President Obama, but on Twitter her fans are plotting her election in 2016. — #Hillary2016 was trending across the world on Twitter early Wednesday morning just a few minutes after Mitt Romney delivered his concession speech.
Discussion:
Alan Colmes' Liberaland and The Hinterland Gazette
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Jon Tester triumphs over Rehberg in Mont. — Montana Sen. Jon Tester has defeated Republican Rep. Denny Rehberg to win a second term — another Democratic Senate triumph in a conservative-leaning Mountain state. — With 84 percent of precincts reporting, Tester had 48.8 percent to 44.7 percent for Rehberg.
Discussion:
Mother Jones and The PJ Tatler
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:
Wake up America, The Gateway Pundit, Pirate's Cove and American Power
Matt K. Lewis / The Daily Caller:
If Mitt Romney had lost the election solely because of Ohio, I would be lamenting Romney's lack of a populist appeal. Or, if he had lost Florida narrowly, I might be writing about how Gary Johnson played spolier. — Instead, I'm writing about an identity crisis.
Discussion:
Hot Air
Mathew Carr / Bloomberg:
Obama May Levy Carbon Tax to Cut U.S. Deficit, HSBC Says — Barack Obama may consider introducing a tax on carbon emissions to help cut the U.S. budget deficit after winning a second term as president, according to HSBC Holdings Plc. — A tax starting at $20 a metric ton of carbon dioxide equivalent …
Discussion:
protein wisdom and Weasel Zippers
BuzzFeed:
The New Most Popular Tweet Of All Time — Via @BarackObama. — John Herrman — an hour ago — 99 responses
Discussion:
Twitter Blog, The Verge, Mashable! and TechCrunch, more at Mediagazer »
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
In Boston, stunned Romney supporters struggle to explain defeat — More Photos Related Videos Popular in Politics — BOSTON — About an hour after Mitt Romney delivered his brief, graceful concession speech at the Boston Convention Center, a group of his top aides — Beth Myers …
Discussion:
Washington Monthly
Ron Fournier / NationalJournal.com:
Obama Victory Comes With No Mandate — Barack Obama won a second term but no mandate. Thanks in part to his own small-bore and brutish campaign, victory guarantees the president nothing more than the headache of building consensus in a gridlocked capital on behalf of a polarized public.
Discussion:
Washington Monthly, JustOneMinute, Newsday, The Atlantic Online, BuzzFeed, Hot Air and The Week
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
A big night for Democrats and liberals — To appreciate the magnitude of the victory Barack Obama and Democrats won tonight, think back to what the political landscape looked like in the spring. The Supreme Court appeared ready to strike down Obamacare, the President's signature domestic achievement.
Discussion:
Crooks and Liars, Campaign Stops, The Week, Hullabaloo, americanthinker.com and Politico
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:
Weasel Zippers, The Gateway Pundit, The PJ Tatler, theGrio, Pirate's Cove and americanthinker.com