Election 2010

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Obama Didn't Need to 'Focus' on Economy...
Obama Didn't Need to 'Focus' on Economy...
Paul Krugman
Nov 5, 2010 11:30 AM CDT

Obama Didn't Need to 'Focus' on Economy...

...he needed the guts to do something worthwhile to save it

(Newser) - Recently prognosticators—like Evan Bayh, in this article —have been accusing Barack Obama of “focusing on health care rather than job creation.” So Paul Krugman of the New York Times has a question: What does that even mean? Are they saying Obama should have pursued a bigger...

Obama 'Open' to Tax-Cut Compromise

President may be willing to give ground after midterm losses

(Newser) - In what promises to be an, ahem, interesting dinner party, President Obama will meet with both sides of the aisle at a Nov. 18 White House dinner—during which tax cuts will be at the top of the agenda. What's more, the White House may be willing to compromise in...

2010's Best, Worst Pollsters: Nate Silver
 Come 2012, 
 Follow These Polls 
nate silver
Nov 5, 2010 10:23 AM CDT

Come 2012, Follow These Polls

Quinnipiac, SurveyUSA tops for accuracy, finds Nate Silver

(Newser) - Now that the dust has settled, whose polls were the best predictors of the actual midterm results? Nate Silver ranks them by accuracy and party bias over the last 21 days of the election cycle. The most accurate, according to his calculations: Quinnipiac, which “showed little bias,” he...

Stewart: Does Obama 'Get It'?
 Stewart: Does Obama 'Get It'? 
Nov 5, 2010 6:03 AM CDT

Stewart: Does Obama 'Get It'?

And what is 'it,' anyway?

(Newser) - Jon Stewart has noticed a recurring theme in the coverage of the president’s post-election press conference: The pundits are all eager to know if Barack Obama "gets it," he explained on last night’s Daily Show in a segment titled "The Mourning After." But they’...

Sen. Patty Murray Keeps Seat in Washington State

Democrat wins tight race over Dino Rossi

(Newser) - Democrats have managed to hang on to another Senate seat. Patty Murray has won the tight race in Washington state against GOP challenger Dino Rossi following a third day of vote counting. Challenged strongly by Rossi amid anti-incumbent sentiment nationwide, Murray featured a strong defense of her role in securing...

GOP Cleans Up in State Legislatures

They're well-positioned for redistricting

(Newser) - Republicans picked up about 680 seats in state legislatures Tuesday, giving them their highest number since 1928. They've flipped 19 chambers in all so far—Democrats have flipped none—including both the House and Senate in Alabama, Maine, Minnesota, New Hampshire, North Carolina, and Wisconsin. For the first time since...

Sarah Palin's New Ad: It's 'Morning in America'

Is it the first in a 2012 campaign?

(Newser) - Sarah Palin is up with a post-election ad, dubbed by Andrew Sullivan as the "first ad of the 2012 campaign." The 70-second spot is a victory lap of sorts, with shots of Palin-endorsed winners such as Nikki Haley and Marco Rubio, along with a Reaganesque reference to it...

O'Donnell Blames 'Republican Cannibalism' for Loss

In related news, Fox won't hire her

(Newser) - Christine O’Donnell thinks she lost because Karl Rove and the GOP establishment didn’t get behind her fast enough. In an interview with CNN , she called her loss a “symptom of Republican cannibalism,” noting that the whole Republican ticket lost in Delaware. “There was this infighting,...

The Republican Strategy: Be the Party of 'Hell No'

Inside the GOP's 2-year plan to harass and unseat Democrats

(Newser) - In January 2009, when Democrats were high on hope and change, House Republicans held a strategy meeting. “If the goal of the majority is to govern, what is the purpose of the minority?” John Boehner and Eric Cantor asked. “The purpose of the minority, is to become the...

Shake Off the Hangover, Dems
 Shake Off the 
 Hangover, Dems 
GAIL COLLINS
Nov 4, 2010 8:19 AM CDT

Shake Off the Hangover, Dems

You've still got Harry Reid ... and a lot of work to do, writes Gail Collins

(Newser) - It's the morning after the morning after, and it's time for dazed Dems to "lift up your little liberal heads and shout," because after all, you still have ... well, you've still got Harry Reid, writes Gail Collins in a rambling New York Times trot through some of the...

Stewart: GOP Win a Tsunami—or Other Disaster

'Daily Show' pokes fun at election night hyperbole

(Newser) - If you listened to conservative pundits on Election Night, you might have heard just a bit of hyperbole. The Republicans didn’t just have a “wave” election… they had a “tidal wave” election! No, make that a tsunami! No, an earthquake! Not just any earthquake, but the 1811...

Nancy Pelosi: 'No Regrets'
 Nancy Pelosi: 'No Regrets'  
Nov 4, 2010 7:39 AM CDT

Nancy Pelosi: 'No Regrets'

Speaker says she hasn't decided on next move

(Newser) - The first female speaker of the House of Representatives says she has "no regrets" after the Republican landslide that will force her to hand the gavel over to John Boehner. Nancy Pelosi told ABC 's Diane Sawyer that America's high unemployment rate is to blame for the Democrat's drubbing....

Palin Laid Groundwork for 2012 Run


 Palin Laid 
 Groundwork 
 for 2012 Run 
Election 2010
Nov 4, 2010 7:25 AM CDT

Palin Laid Groundwork for 2012 Run

There are some successful candidates who owe her one

(Newser) - Not all Sarah Palin’s “Mama Grizzlies” won, but enough did to give her a significant leg up going into a possible 2012 race, the New York Times reports. When the primary season kicks off in New Hampshire, for example, she’ll be able to call in a favor...

Has Palinism Been Refudiated?

 Has Palinism Been 
 Refudiated? 
analysis
Nov 4, 2010 4:52 AM CDT

Has Palinism Been Refudiated?

Alaskan may emerge a diminished figure after high-profile losses

(Newser) - Sarah Palin is looking like one of the biggest non-Democratic losers in the midterm elections, according to some analysts. High-profile losses among the candidates she endorsed , especially in Alaska, where Lisa Murkowski appears bound for victory as a write-in candidate , are likely to undermine her credibility, the Economist notes. It...

GOP Feuds Over Senate Losses
 GOP Feuds Over Senate Losses 
ELECTION 2010
Nov 4, 2010 4:24 AM CDT

GOP Feuds Over Senate Losses

DeMint's tactics cost party a majority, senators complain

(Newser) - While their counterparts in the House are celebrating a historic win, Senate Republicans are pointing fingers over their failure to recapture the chamber. Some prominent senators and party operatives blame Sarah Palin and South Carolina's Jim DeMint for helping candidates too conservative to win gain the GOP nominations in Colorado,...

Mass. Voters Reject Topless Proposal
Massachusetts Voters Reject Topless Proposal
UNUSUAL BALLOT MEASURES
Nov 4, 2010 3:43 AM CDT

Massachusetts Voters Reject Topless Proposal

Keep you shirt on, say people of Pittsfield

(Newser) - Massachusetts voters in Pittsfield don't want the town's women walking around topless. A ballot measure pushing for women's right to go topless in public anywhere that males can was defeated by a margin of more than 2 to 1, the Boston Globe reports. Voters speaking to the Berkshire Eagle on...

John Kitzhaber Wins Oregon
 John Kitzhaber Wins Oregon 
election 2010
Nov 4, 2010 2:04 AM CDT

John Kitzhaber Wins Oregon

Democrat defeats ex-NBA player Chris Dudley for governor

(Newser) - It was too close to call until late yesterday, but former standout NBA shot blocker Chris Dudley couldn't block Democrat John Kitzhaber from winning a historic third term as Oregon governor. Kitzhaber, whose last term ended 7 years ago, will replace Gov. Ted Kulongoski, AP reports. The Democratic governor is...

Fox News Crushes CNN, MSNBC on Election Night

It more than doubles nearest rival in prime time

(Newser) - Last night's big victory for the right extended to the cable airwaves: Nielsen ratings show Fox News obliterated CNN and MSNBC in prime time, reports the LA Times . Fox averaged 6.96 million viewers, while CNN got 2.42 million and MSNBC 1.94 million. Compared to the midterms in...

32% of Tea Party Candidates for Congress Won

Most couldn't defeat more traditional rivals

(Newser) - One in three Tea Party candidates who ran for Congress emerged a winner, reports NBC's First Read blog . It came up with 10 hopefuls for the Senate and 130 for the House who either described themselves as Tea Party candidates or got the backing of Tea Party groups. Of those,...

Michael Bennet Wins Colorado Senate Race

Democrat keeps GOP from gaining another seat

(Newser) - Turns out, incumbent Democrat Michael Bennet wasn't premature in declaring himself the winner of Colorado's Senate race. After today's counting, there's no way GOP challenger Ken Buck can catch him, reports the AP . With 97% of returns in, he's got a lead of more than 15,000 votes. Buck, however,...

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