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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Democrats Have Two Choices Now: Gridlock or Annihilation — Well, that could have gone better. — Shares — A cardinal fact of American politics that has emerged during the Obama years is that demographic forces are slowly and inexorably driving the electorate leftward.
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Hot Air, Pew Research Center, Taylor Marsh, Washington Post, National Review and Liberal Values
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Ron Fournier / National Journal:
Obama Isn't Listening to Voters He Claims to Hear — “I hear you,” the president says. But he doesn't. — Shellacked and thumped by an angry electorate, President Obama declared to every American who voted in Tuesday's elections—and to those who've checked out of the political process—"I hear you."
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Ed Driscoll and Philly.com
Ezra Klein / Vox:
9 takeaways from the 2014 election — 1) The Democrats lost. — Badly. This wasn't just a tough map. Democrats lost Senate seats in Iowa and Colorado. They lost governor races in Florida and Wisconsin. Hell, they lost governor races in Illinois, Maryland, Maine, and Massachusetts!
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JustOneMinute, National Review and The Dish
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Mitch McConnell may be the greatest strategist in contemporary politics — Mitch McConnell's reelection tonight wasn't very newsworthy. Polls had shown clearly for weeks that Allison Lundergan Grimes was far behind, and far behind is where you would expect a Democrat to be in Kentucky …
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Talking Points Memo
Harold Meyerson / American Prospect:
The Democrats' Catastrophe and the Need For a New Agenda
The Democrats' Catastrophe and the Need For a New Agenda
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Lawyers, Guns & Money and Seeing the Forest
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Reid: Why can't we all just ... get along?
Reid: Why can't we all just ... get along?
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The New Republic, Newsmax.com, The Hill, The Other McCain, RedState, Washington Post and Mediaite
Wall Street Journal:
Now We Can Get Congress Going — Reform the tax code, redefine ‘full time’ as working 40 hours a week, move on the Keystone XL pipeline—there are plenty of tasks ahead. — Americans have entrusted Republicans with control of both the House and Senate. We are humbled by this opportunity …
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Algemeiner.com
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Washington Post:
GOP crafts narrow agenda for new Congress, seeking unity, Democratic votes
GOP crafts narrow agenda for new Congress, seeking unity, Democratic votes
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New York Times, Techdirt, Hot Air, Hit & Run and The Atlantic Online
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
‘Hundred-year majority’ for House GOP?
‘Hundred-year majority’ for House GOP?
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American Power, Shakesville and rubber hose
Rebecca Leber / The New Republic:
Congratulations, Voters. You Just Made This Climate Denier the Most Powerful Senator on the Environment. — In handing Republicans control of the Senate on Tuesday, Americans effectively voted for the party's hostile plans against President Barack Obama's environmental legacy.
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Raw Story, Firedoglake, Little Green Footballs and Hit & Run
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Brad Plumer / Vox:
The biggest loser in this election is the climate
The biggest loser in this election is the climate
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Grist, Mashable and The Hill
Steven Hayward / Power Line:
Climate Change? An Issue for Losers
Climate Change? An Issue for Losers
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National Journal and Politico
Alec MacGillis / The New Republic:
Democrats Didn't Lose Governor's Races Because of a GOP Wave. They Lost Because of Bad Candidates. — I knew Democrat Anthony Brown was in trouble in the race for Maryland governor when every single voter I spoke with Tuesday—including several who voted for Barack Obama …
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Baltimore Sun, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Weekly Standard and American Spectator
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Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Joe Manchin on election results: ‘This is a real ass-whuppin’ — Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W. Va.) did not mince words on Wednesday when asked to describe the historic losses by congressional Democrats. — “This is a real ass-whuppin,” he said. — Manchin is a moderate first-term senator …
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Mediaite, Power Line and Talking Points Memo
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John Podhoretz / New York Post:
A stunning tidal wave of change in the Senate
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
What really went wrong for Democrats — The most common explanation we're hearing for the GOP sweep of a dozen Senate races last night is that an already-treacherous map for Democrats was made a lot worse by the failure of core Dem voter groups to show up. — But multiple Democratic …
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DownWithTyranny!, Washington Monthly and Firedoglake
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John B. Judis / The New Republic:
Here's Why the Democrats Got Crushed—and Why 2016 Won't Be a Cakewalk
Here's Why the Democrats Got Crushed—and Why 2016 Won't Be a Cakewalk
Jonathan Kaminsky / Reuters:
Voting machine, ID problems crop up in U.S. elections
Voting machine, ID problems crop up in U.S. elections
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Democracy in America, Politico, The BRAD BLOG and Guardian
Betsy Woodruff / Slate:
Wisconsin Three-Peat — Why no one can beat Scott Walker. — WEST ALLIS, Wisconsin—"First off, I want to thank God." — Gov. Scott Walker had just come on stage at the State Fair Exposition Center to give his third victory speech in four years, and the supporters mashed up in front of the stage were totally losing it.
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Althouse
Washington Post:
Transcript: President Obama's Nov. 5 news conference on midterm election results — President Obama held a news conference Nov. 5 at the White House to discuss the results of the midterm congressional elections . — PRESIDENT OBAMA: Good afternoon, everybody. Have a seat.
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The Federalist, Althouse, Los Angeles Times, Inside Higher Ed, Hit & Run, National Review and Patterico's Pontifications
Politico:
Personhood movement loses both state initiatives — The anti-abortion personhood movement failed key tests Tuesday in North Dakota and Colorado, with voters rejecting amendments to grant the unborn constitutional rights. — In North Dakota — a strongly anti-abortion state considered …
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CNN and Outside the Beltway
Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE - Navy SEAL who killed bin Laden revealed: Rob O'Neill named as SEAL Team Six hero who shot 9/11 mastermind three times in head - and has already inspired series of Hollywood films — SEAL Rob O'Neill named ahead of Fox News interview in which he will tell how he killed bin Laden and why he is giving up his anonymity
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Gawker, New York Magazine, The Gateway Pundit, Raw Story and Mediaite
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard / Telegraph:
Mario Draghi's efforts to save EMU have hit the Berlin Wall — If the ECB tries to press ahead with QE, Germany's central bank chief will resign. If it does not do so, the eurozone will remain stuck in a lowflation trap and Mario Draghi will resign — Mario Draghi has finally overplayed his hand.
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National Review and Vox Popoli
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Dana Milbank: Obama seems numb to this latest ‘shellacking’ of Democrats — “I hear you,” President Obama said to the voters who gave Democrats an electoral drubbing in Tuesday's midterm elections. — But their message went in one presidential ear and out the other.
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Hot Air