Nov 05 Watch News Wrap: Pelosi Seeks Democratic Minority Leader Mantle In other news Friday, outgoing Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announced she wants to be Democratic minority leader in the new Congress. In Pakistan, a suicide bomber blew himself up outside of a mosque. Continue watching
Nov 05 Why Did So Many Democrats Lose? Some Districts Were Never a Good Fit As the Democrats sort through the wreckage of Tuesday night, the question "what just happened?" is undoubtedly running through their minds. Was it Tea Party enthusiasm that buried them or anger at the economy or a loss of faith… Continue reading
Nov 05 Solman Answers Reader Questions on Latest Job Numbers By Paul Solman A flurry of questions today about the October job report from NewsHour's Facebook and Twitter. In response, a flurry of answers. ........................................................................................................................................... Janet Vetter: The economy added 150,000 jobs but the unemployment rate remained the same? What… Continue reading
Nov 05 Pelosi Plans Run for House Democratic Minority Leader Outgoing Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announced Friday that despite the drubbing that Democrats suffered in House races Tuesday, she intends to run for her party's minority leader. Around 1 p.m. Friday, she tweeted: Driven by the… Continue reading
Nov 05 Political Editor David Chalian Answers Your Questions Eric Likness: I know Blanche Lincoln lost, but how many other Blue Dog Dems lost seats in addition to her? How much of a difference will that make in the Senate, where the Dems still have a majority? David… Continue reading
Nov 05 5 Answers From Election Night Updated 3:00 p.m. ET Now that we can place the term "shellacking" right next to "thumpin' " in the post-election political dictionary, let's sort through the wreckage and victories from the midterm elections to answer the five questions… Continue reading
Nov 05 Map: President Obama's Trip to Asia President Obama embarked Friday morning on a 10-day trip to India, Indonesia, South Korea and Japan. He plans to meet with world leaders, participate in the G-20 and APEC economic summits, and give a speech on U.S. outreach to… Continue reading
Nov 05 Congress Loses Hundreds of Years of Experience - But Majority of Incumbents Stick Around View all Incumbent Losses [Google Spreadsheet] Fifty-three members of the House of Representatives lost their jobs Tuesday in an election that moved 60 seats (including wins in open seats) into Republican control. Excluding the freshmen and sophomore… Continue reading
Nov 05 After Midterm Losses, President Obama Takes Off on 10-Day Trip to Asia A billboard welcomes President Obama in Mumbai. Photo by Indranil Mukherjee/AFP/Getty Images. After losing between 60 to 64 seats in the House of Representatives and six seats in the Senate, holding the obligatory postmortem press conference and extending… Continue reading
Nov 04 Watch Historic Perspective on Republican Shift Presidential historian Michael Beschloss, Richard Norton Smith of George Mason University and Beverly Gage of Yale University examine the results of Tuesday's midterm election in the context of races past. Continue watching