Nov 04 Harry Reid's Story of Political Survival U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada speaks during a post-election news conference in Las Vegas. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images) LAS VEGAS | After one of the most closely-watched and hard-fought battles between an incumbent Democrat and a… Continue reading
Nov 04 What Does a GOP-Controlled House Mean for Health Care Reform? A protest against the health reform law on March 17, 2010. Photo by AFP Many of the Republicans who swept to victory in the House Tuesday night campaigned on a promise to "repeal and replace" the health care reform… Continue reading
Nov 04 Haiti Bracing for Tropical Storm; Jobless Claims Rise; Qantas Grounds A380s After Flames Shoot from Plane A red flag at a relocation camp in Port-au-Prince warns Haitians of approaching Tropical Storm Tomas. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images. The Haitian government has called for the voluntary evacuation of all its earthquake zone camps ahead of… Continue reading
Nov 04 Outgoing Speaker Pelosi Has 'No Regrets' By Terence Burlij Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. Photo by Douglas Graham/Roll Call via Getty Images. Despite losing the speaker's gavel in an election that saw Republicans gain at least 60 seats and take control of the House of Representatives, Rep. Nancy Pelosi told… Continue reading
Nov 03 Tallying the Tea Party's Wins and Losses DetectFlashDecision_Blog('news01s4507qfc4', 'sJnP5K8JQkU', '29'); One of the big questions leading up to Tuesday's election results was, "How will the Tea Party fare?" Tuesday's was the first national election since Tea Partiers became a political identity in the spring of… Continue reading
Nov 03 Watch Shields and Brooks on Trouncing of Democratic Moderates Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks speak with Judy Woodruff about moderate Democrats' widespread losses on Tuesday, and how President Obama will have to change his administration's political strategies with the House headed for GOP… Continue watching
Nov 03 Aside from Capitol Hill, GOP Also Built Big Clout in State Capitals Across U.S. As tempting as it is to focus only on what the Republicans accomplished in the midterm elections in Congress - taking control of the House of Representatives, and adding at least six Senate seats, it's just as important to… Continue reading
Nov 03 Watch Obama on Midterm Shellacking: 'It Feels Bad' President Obama said he was humbled by the Republican gains in the House and talked of bipartisanship in his post-election news conference Wednesday at the White House. Continue watching
Nov 03 Watch Boehner: Smaller Government is What America Wants Republican wins have shaken up control of Congress and Rep. John Boehner is poised to become the next House speaker in January. But it's no time for Republicans to celebrate with so many challenges ahead, Boehner said at a Wednesday… Continue watching
Nov 03 Watch Republicans Score Biggest House Takeover in 70 Years A day after Republican victories across the country took back House control, pledges came from the GOP to cut spending and shrink government. Meanwhile, Democrats pledged cooperation and took stock of their losses. Gwen Ifill and David Chalian wrap up… Continue watching