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1:45 PM ET, November 3, 2010

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Michael Barone / Beltway Confidential:
Some random thoughts on the 2010 elections  —  In my Wednesday Washington Examiner column, which had to be filed before the full returns were available, I tried to set the Republicans' historic gains in the House of Representatives in historic perspective, keeping in mind that the exit polls suggested …
Discussion: TigerHawk and No Left Turns
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William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Some Implications  —  First thoughts.  —  1. Nancy Pelosi will presumably step down as Democratic leader in the House.  Steny Hoyer could be challenged from the left as he seeks to move up to replace her, and he could lose—partly because the defeat of Democrats in swing districts throughout …
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog
Michael Cooper / New York Times:
Victories Suggest Wider Appeal of Tea Party  —  The Tea Party victories by Rand Paul of Kentucky and Marco Rubio of Florida underscored the extent to which Republicans and Democrats alike may have underestimated the power of the Tea Party, a loosely-affiliated, at times ill-defined …
Denver Post:
Bennet wins in Senate race  —  Appointed U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet will be elected to the U.S. Senate after pulling ahead of challenger Ken Buck this morning.  —  Long after most Coloradans — including the candidates and their supporters — had gone to bed, returns from Denver …
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Denver Post:
Bennet wins Senate race
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Mallory Simon / CNN:
Iowa voters oust justices who made same-sex marriage legal  —  (CNN) — Voters in Iowa chose to remove three high court justices who helped make Iowa the first Midwestern state to permit same-sex marriage.  —  The vote marks the first time a member of the Iowa Supreme Court has been rejected …
Discussion: theblogprof and Shakesville
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Des Moines Register:
Iowa Supreme Court Justices issue statement after being ousted  —  The Iowa Supreme Court justices issued the following statement moments ago:
Discussion: The Huffington Post and Poliglot
Attaturk / Firedoglake:
A Whiter Shade of Orange
Discussion: Des Moines Register
Evan Bayh / New York Times:
Where Do Democrats Go Next?  —  DEMOCRATS can recover from the disappointments of this election and set the stage for success in 2012.  But to do so we must learn from Tuesday's results.  —  Many of our problems were foreseeable.  A public unhappy about the economy will take it out on the party in power …
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Mitt Romney / Washington Post:
Obama must slay the job-killing beast
Discussion: The Hill, GOP 12 and Commentary
Zaid Jilani / ThinkProgress:   Evan Bayh Argues That Democrats Can Only Win If They Do The Opposite …
Sean Cockerham / Anchorage Daily News:
Write-in vote lead has Murkowski smiling  —  ELECTION COULD MAKE HISTORY: Final counts may be weeks away; parnell, young post strong results.  —  scockerham@adn.com  —  Election returns Tuesday night showed Lisa Murkowski with a chance to become only the second candidate to run …
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Christina Wilkie / The Hill:
Bristol Palin: ‘I did not’ vote
Discussion: Wonkette
William Yardley / New York Times:
In Alaska, ‘Write-In’ Leads, Giving Murkowski Hope
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog and Donklephant
Ezra Klein:
What comes next in a universe where the government works  —  On Feb. 5, 2011, the president signed the Economic Growth and Deficit Reduction Act of 2011 into law.  The legislation lifted the employer-portion of the payroll tax for a year, approved more than $50 billion in infrastructure investments, and cut the deficit.
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Pence steps down as No. 3 in House GOP
Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Online:
What Now? An Epic Election Meets the Future
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Live Blogging the Election Returns  —  We will be covering tonight's election returns beginning at around 5 p.m. Eastern, an hour before the first polls close in Kentucky and Indiana.  —  You can follow along here and check out our hour-by-hour, district-by-district guide for watching the returns.
Big Tent Democrat / TalkLeft:
Fingerpointing, Cont'd  —  Kevin Drum writes: … I think that the model Drum relied upon is flawed in that our economic statistics understate the level of misery in the country.  I could point to tactical and strategic political errors that exacerbated the result a bit …
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Ezra Klein:
Democrats lost big because young voters stayed home
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:   Two Lessons From the Election
The Huffington Post:
Bush NBC Interview: Being Called A Racist By Kanye West The Worst Moment Of My Presidency  —  WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? … The first excerpts of former President George W. Bush's interview with NBC New's Matt Lauer were released on Tuesday night.  And what stands among the noteworthy bits …
Discussion: The Atlantic Online and Raw Story
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Jay Cost / Weekly Standard:
Morning Jay: Special “The Morning After” Edition  —  Last night, the Republicans made history in the House of Representatives.  As of this writing, the GOP has been declared the winner in or is winning in 243 House districts.  If this number holds, it would exceed any Republican majority since 1946.
Discussion: Grim's Hall
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David Jackson / USA Today:
Boehner pledges repeal of Obama health care law
Glenn Thrush / The Politico:
Inside White House, calls for shake-up  —  Some of the calls for a White House shake-up are now coming from inside the building.  —  Frustrated current and former West Wing staffers, speaking on condition of anonymity, told POLITICO they hoped Tuesday night's humbling losses …
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
White House aide: President Obama will heed election message
Discussion: Right Wing News
The Hill:
GOP likely to urge Obama officials not to shred documents  —  Republicans are likely to urge the Obama administration not to shred documents as they transition to the House majority.  —  Before the election, GOP officials on Capitol Hill privately discussed the issue but refrained from publicly tackling it …
Discussion: The Politico and New York Times
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John Nolte / Big Journalism:
Michele Bachman Humiliates Chris Matthews: How's That Leg Tingle Doing Tonight?  —  Rep. Michele Bachmann went on MSNBC for an interview with Chris Matthews tonight and handled him with dismissive tone the hack deserved.  All he wanted to do was bait her with unprofessional journolisty questions …
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RealClearPolitics Video Log:
Bachmann To MSNBC's Matthews: That Thrill Isn't Tingly Anymore
Discussion: The Jawa Report and Don Surber
Jim Demint / Wall Street Journal:
Welcome, Senate Conservatives  —  Remember what the voters back home want—less government and more freedom.  —  Congratulations to all the tea party-backed candidates who overcame a determined, partisan opposition to win their elections.  The next campaign begins today.
Erick Erickson / RedState:
The Morning Briefing: The Tsunami  —  [UPDATE]: The whole of the Maine legislator has flipped to the GOP.  Several people I have talked to said such a deep and thorough shift to any one party has not happened in one election in the past 100 years.  —  This is an unusual Morning Briefing …
Myglesias / Yglesias:
The Changing Electorate  —  One reason it's difficult to read midterm elections as reflecting shifts in the “national mood” is that the actual set of voting people is quite different.  According to exit polls, for example, the relative proportion of youth voters and senior voters shifted quite dramatically:
Anthony York / PolitiCal:
Prop. 19 headed to defeat, exit polls show  —  California voters appear to have rejected Prop.  19, an effort to legalize marijuana and allow local governments to tax the sale of the drug.  —  Prop. 19 received national attention, but relatively little money was spent on the campaign.
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Matthew T. Hall / SignOnSanDiego.com:
Proposition 19 loses in California
Discussion: Hit & Run and Dean's World
The Huffington Post:
Blue Dog Coalition Crushed By GOP Wave Election  —  What's Your Reaction: … WASHINGTON — Tuesday was a tough night for Democrats, as they watched Republicans win enough seats to take back the House in the next Congress and began to ponder life under a likely House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio).
Telegraph:
Barack Obama sex doll for sale in China  —  Americans may have fallen out of love with Barack Obama, but the president of the United States is still an object of affection for the Chinese, who have remodelled him as a blow-up sex doll.  —  A doll wearing a dark blue suit and red tie …
 
 
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John B. Judis / The New Republic:
A Lost Generation  —  Obama deserved to lose—but the country …
Discussion: The Daily Dish and Pacific Views
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Rick Scott wins Florida governor's race
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Steele touts RNC efforts, but says wave was ‘team effort’
Discussion: CNN
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
DID THE TEA PARTY LOSE THE SENATE?
Discussion: The Plum Line
Big Tent Democrat / TalkLeft:
Creative Destruction  —  A historic loss for the Democrats …
Discussion: Open Left
Christopher Keating / Hartford Courant:
Votes Still Being Counted In Governor's Race; No Winner Yet
Discussion: TPMDC
Lee Fang / ThinkProgress:
Rand Paul Explains His Support For Plutocracy: 'There Are No Poor …
 Earlier Items: 
Jim Brunner / Seattle Times:
Murray leads Rossi on strong King County vote
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Mohamed A. El-Erian / Washington Post:
We've voted. What's next for the economy?
Discussion: Paul Krugman
Jsimoncnn / CNN:
Liberal activist blames ‘weak Democratic leaders’ for historic losses
Discussion: Ezra Klein and The Politico
The Note:
What the Wave Giveth, The Wave Taketh Away
Ezra Klein:
Wonkbook: Welcome to gridlocked America
Michelle Malkin:
Take Your Olive Branch and Shove It, Democrats
Discussion: AMERICAN DIGEST
WisPolitics Election Blog:
Feingold campaign manager: It ain't over