Election 2010

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Is This the End of Nancy Pelosi?
 Is This the End 
 of Nancy Pelosi? 
Opinion Roundup
Nov 3, 2010 1:21 PM CDT

Is This the End of Nancy Pelosi?

Speaker might or might not go quietly into that dark night

(Newser) - Nancy Pelosi’s reign as Speaker of the House is just about over, and her political career might be, too. Here’s what people are saying about her:
  • The conventional wisdom is that Pelosi will retire, writes John Bresnahan of Politico . Though much of the blame for yesterday’s losses
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Obama: 'I'm Doing a Whole Lot of Reflecting, Too'

President says voters are frustrated because of economy

(Newser) - Some highlights of President Obama's postmortem press conference on yesterday's vote, from Politico and AP .
  • He blamed voter anger mainly on the economy and said, "As president, I take responsibility for that." Another mea culpa: "We were in such a hurry to get things done that we
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Surprising Election Predictor: Facebook

Twitter may have done well, too

(Newser) - Who needs polls? If you want to know who will win an election, maybe you just need to see who has more fans on Facebook. The candidate with the biggest following prevailed in 74% of House contests and 81% of Senate ones, according to the site’s blog . There were,...

2010's Lesson: Move to Center
 2010's Lesson: Move to Center 
Evan Bayh
Nov 3, 2010 11:21 AM CDT

2010's Lesson: Move to Center

America wasn't ready for a new progressive era

(Newser) - Democrats didn’t just get stomped because of the economy, and they didn’t just have a communication problem. “The public heard us,” writes retiring Sen. Evan Bayh in the New York Times , “but disagreed with our approach.” Democrats overestimated their mandate. Exit polls in 2008...

Critics Poke at Boehner's Blubbing

Weepy election night speech invites a lot of snark

(Newser) - John Boehner is known for getting emotional, and last night was no exception: He choked up during his speech acknowledging that he will soon become speaker of the House (watch it in the gallery). Analysis of the waterworks swiftly followed:
  • The MSNBC election team mocked Boehner’s “weeping” in
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Eric Cantor: We'll Repeal Health Care 'Right Away'
Eric Cantor: We'll Repeal Health Care 'Right Away'
gop agenda
Nov 3, 2010 10:23 AM CDT

Eric Cantor: We'll Repeal Health Care 'Right Away'

Calls it an 'abomination' that's 'too expensive'

(Newser) - Eric Cantor, who will most likely be the new House majority leader, says he intends to “put a repeal bill on the floor right away” to roll back the health care bill “because that’s what the American people want.” In an interview with Katie Couric on...

Congratulations, Boehner. Now Move Mountains
Congratulations, Boehner. Now Move Mountains
ANALYSIS
Nov 3, 2010 9:05 AM CDT

Congratulations, Boehner. Now Move Mountains

Our next speaker has just two years to prove Republicans are the answer

(Newser) - John Boehner , you’re the next speaker of the House: Now what? The Republican leader faces no shortage of seemingly impossible challenges, notes Jennifer Steinhauer in the New York Times . The voters who helped his party to triumph yesterday know what they don’t want—more of the same—...

Matthews to Bachmann: Are You Hypnotized?

Best interview of the night?

(Newser) - Chris Matthews had an exciting/cringe-worthy interview with Michele Bachmann last night, in which he tried to hammer her on her past statement that she’d like to investigate Democrats for “un-American activities.” Matthews kept asking if she’d use the Republicans’ newfound subpoena power for such investigations, and...

Which Palin Grizzlies Roared, Whimpered?

Her picks won many, but lost the biggies

(Newser) - Despite not actually appearing on any ballot yesterday, it’s still one of the big questions of the night: How did Sarah Palin do? In her own words, pretty well—she tweeted to “Commonsense Constitutional Conservatives” that they “‘refudiated’ extreme left”—but when it comes to...

Tea Party: Now What?
 Tea Party: Now What? 
Nov 3, 2010 7:51 AM CDT

Tea Party: Now What?

This is just the beginning, activists say

(Newser) - The Tea Party proved itself to be a major force in yesterday's elections, but a force for what has yet to be determined. "No one in this movement is stopping today. This is not an endgame. This is just a beginning," a leader of the Tea Party patriots...

Tough Choices Loom for Obama
 Tough Choices Loom for Obama  
ELECTION 2010
Nov 3, 2010 7:35 AM CDT

Tough Choices Loom for Obama

Clinton precedent may not help with midterm dilemmas

(Newser) - President Obama is far from the first president to see his party humbled in midterm elections, but precedent may not be much help as he wrestles with tough choices in the wake of yesterday's drubbing. Obama—who plans a press conference today and has already spoken to House speaker-in-waiting John...

California Elects a Dead Woman

State Sen. Jenny Oropeza died Oct. 20; still nabs 57.8% of vote

(Newser) - In California, one literally does not need a pulse to win an election. State Sen. Jenny Oropeza zipped to victory last night, capturing 57.8% of the vote in her heavily Democratic district some two weeks after she died. Republican John Stammreich, who might have expected that being alive would...

Minorities Win Big in GOP Wave

...Except in the Senate

(Newser) - Minority candidates rode the Republican wave to some historic victories last night. Republicans, who haven’t had a black lawmaker in Congress since 2003, fielded 14 black House candidates this year, the AP notes. Two of those candidates—Tim Scott in South Carolina and Allen West in Florida—will be...

It Was the Economy, Stupid
 It Was the Economy, Stupid 
EXIT POLLS
Nov 3, 2010 2:50 AM CDT

It Was the Economy, Stupid

Voters didn't trust Democrats to turn fortunes around

(Newser) - Those who went to the polls cared about the economy and President Obama's handling of it, not witchcraft, masturbation, or college pranks, exit polls show. More than 60% of voters polled said the economy was the country's top problem and more than 90% said they were worried about its condition...

English-Only, Anti-Sharia Measures Pass in Oklahoma
Oklahoma Votes Yes
to English, No to Sharia
unusual BALLOT MEASURES
Nov 3, 2010 2:05 AM CDT

Oklahoma Votes Yes to English, No to Sharia

...and the results of other unusual ballot measures

(Newser) - Oklahoma's voters passed a pair of ballot initiatives last night—and progressives and immigrant-rights groups are alarmed, AP reports. One of them requires that all official state actions be conducted in English, with exceptions for Native American languages and in cases when federal law requires otherwise. The other—described as...

Google May Have Misdirected Thousands of Voters

Election Center polling place finder packed with errors

(Newser) - Hundreds of thousands of voters who used Google to find their assigned polling places may have been sent to the wrong spot. Aristotle, a political technology firm that makes a polling place finder of its own, calculates that one of Google's Election Center apps may have given the wrong information...

Alan Grayson Loses Florida Race to 'Taliban Dan'
 Grayson Falls to 'Taliban Dan' 
THE HOUSE
Nov 3, 2010 1:20 AM CDT

Grayson Falls to 'Taliban Dan'

GOP's Dan Webster credits victory to positive campaign

(Newser) - In one of the nation's most keenly watched House races, voters in central Florida rejected combative liberal incumbent Rep. Alan Grayson in favor of veteran Republican state lawmaker Dan Webster. The Democrat—who drew the wrath of GOP leaders for saying the Republican health care plan was to "die...

Democrats Keep Senate; Harry Reid Beats Angle

Barbara Boxer, Rand Paul win; Christine O'Donnell, Linda McMahon lose

(Newser) - They may have lost the House, but Democrats will keep control of the Senate, barely. In big blue victories to help seal it, Harry Reid held off Sharron Angle in Nevada, while Joe Manchin won in West Virginia and Barbara Boxer in California. Earlier, Rand Paul (Kentucky), Marco Rubio (Florida),...

Lynch Wins 4th Term as NH Governor

 GOP Grabs 
 10 Democratic 
 Governorships 
republican governors
Nov 2, 2010 10:12 PM CDT

GOP Grabs 10 Democratic Governorships

Also, Nikki Haley wins in South Carolina

(Newser) - Republicans captured governorships that had been held by Democrats in Michigan, Tennessee, Kansas, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Ohio, Iowa, New Mexico, and Oklahoma. In other big races, Nikki Haley won in South Carolina, Jan Brewer won in Arizona, and Harry Reid's son lost in Nevada. GOP highlights below; see Democratic highlights...

Jerry Brown Wins; Cuomo Trounces Paladino
 Jerry Brown Wins; 
 Cuomo Trounces Paladino 
democratic governors
Nov 2, 2010 10:12 PM CDT

Jerry Brown Wins; Cuomo Trounces Paladino

Deval Patrick wins in Massachusetts

(Newser) - Democrat Andrew Cuomo coasted past tea party Republican Carl Paladino after an exceedingly nasty race to win election as governor of New York, the job his father, Mario, held in the 1980s and '90s. On the other coast, Californians gave Jerry Brown another crack at the job he held 28...

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