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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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Pew Research Center, Taylor Marsh, Washington Post, National Review and Liberal Values
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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
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, RedState, The Other McCain, Washington Post and Mediaite
John Podhoretz / New York Post:
A stunning tidal wave of change in the Senate
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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Althouse, The Federalist, Hot Air, Los Angeles Times, Inside Higher Ed, Hit & Run, National Review and Patterico's Pontifications
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Washington Post:
GOP crafts narrow agenda for new Congress, seeking unity, Democratic votes — Hours after solidifying their control of Congress in the midterm elections, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker John A. Boehner are quietly laying plans for a series of quick votes in January …
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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
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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Katherine Connell / National Review:
Democrats Sink to Pre-Great Depression Levels in State Legislatures
Democrats Sink to Pre-Great Depression Levels in State Legislatures
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No More Mister Nice Blog and Clayton Cramer
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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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
Carol E. Lee / Wall Street Journal:
For Obama, a Harsh Referendum
For Obama, a Harsh Referendum
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National Journal, Hot Air and The Hill
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
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
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
Steven Hayward / Power Line:
Climate Change? An Issue for Losers — Ross Douthat nails it in his NY Times blog post-mortem: … Andrew Restuccia notes in Politico: … Will Bunch in the Philadelphia Daily News: … The Keystone pipeline appears to have a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate, according to the National Journal:
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National Journal
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Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Tom Steyer, greens have rough night at the polls
Tom Steyer, greens have rough night at the polls
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The Daily Caller and Outside the Beltway