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…

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…

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…