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7:45 AM ET, November 6, 2014

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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Democrats Have Two Choices Now: Gridlock or Annihilation  —  Well, that could have gone better.  —  Shares  —  A cardinal fact of American politics that has emerged during the Obama years is that demographic forces are slowly and inexorably driving the electorate leftward.
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Ezra Klein / Vox:
9 takeaways from the 2014 election  —  1) The Democrats lost.  —  Badly.  This wasn't just a tough map.  Democrats lost Senate seats in Iowa and Colorado.  They lost governor races in Florida and Wisconsin.  Hell, they lost governor races in Illinois, Maryland, Maine, and Massachusetts!
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Mitch McConnell may be the greatest strategist in contemporary politics  —  Mitch McConnell's reelection tonight wasn't very newsworthy.  Polls had shown clearly for weeks that Allison Lundergan Grimes was far behind, and far behind is where you would expect a Democrat to be in Kentucky …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Joe Manchin on election results: ‘This is a real ass-whuppin’  —  Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W. Va.) did not mince words on Wednesday when asked to describe the historic losses by congressional Democrats.  —  “This is a real ass-whuppin,” he said.  —  Manchin is a moderate first-term senator …
John Podhoretz / New York Post:   A stunning tidal wave of change in the Senate
Katherine Connell / National Review:
Democrats Sink to Pre-Great Depression Levels in State Legislatures
Nate Cohn / New York Times:   The Democrats' Southern Problem Reaches a New Depth
Wall Street Journal:
Now We Can Get Congress Going  —  Reform the tax code, redefine ‘full time’ as working 40 hours a week, move on the Keystone XL pipeline—there are plenty of tasks ahead.  —  Americans have entrusted Republicans with control of both the House and Senate.  We are humbled by this opportunity …
Discussion: Algemeiner.com
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Washington Post:
GOP crafts narrow agenda for new Congress, seeking unity, Democratic votes  —  Hours after solidifying their control of Congress in the midterm elections, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker John A. Boehner are quietly laying plans for a series of quick votes in January …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
‘Hundred-year majority’ for House GOP?
Alec MacGillis / The New Republic:
Democrats Didn't Lose Governor's Races Because of a GOP Wave.  They Lost Because of Bad Candidates.  —  I knew Democrat Anthony Brown was in trouble in the race for Maryland governor when every single voter I spoke with Tuesday—including several who voted for Barack Obama …
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Washington Post:
Republican Larry Hogan wins Md. governor's race in stunning upset
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
What really went wrong for Democrats  —  The most common explanation we're hearing for the GOP sweep of a dozen Senate races last night is that an already-treacherous map for Democrats was made a lot worse by the failure of core Dem voter groups to show up.  —  But multiple Democratic …
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Jonathan Kaminsky / Reuters:
Voting machine, ID problems crop up in U.S. elections
Discussion: The BRAD BLOG
Betsy Woodruff / Slate:
Wisconsin Three-Peat  —  Why no one can beat Scott Walker.  —  WEST ALLIS, Wisconsin—"First off, I want to thank God."  —  Gov. Scott Walker had just come on stage at the State Fair Exposition Center to give his third victory speech in four years, and the supporters mashed up in front of the stage were totally losing it.
Discussion: Althouse
Washington Post:
Transcript: President Obama's Nov. 5 news conference on midterm election results  —  President Obama held a news conference Nov. 5 at the White House to discuss the results of the midterm congressional elections .  —  PRESIDENT OBAMA: Good afternoon, everybody.  Have a seat.
Politico:
Personhood movement loses both state initiatives  —  The anti-abortion personhood movement failed key tests Tuesday in North Dakota and Colorado, with voters rejecting amendments to grant the unborn constitutional rights.  —  In North Dakota — a strongly anti-abortion state considered …
Discussion: CNN and Outside the Beltway
Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE - Navy SEAL who killed bin Laden revealed: Rob O'Neill named as SEAL Team Six hero who shot 9/11 mastermind three times in head - and has already inspired series of Hollywood films  — SEAL Rob O'Neill named ahead of Fox News interview in which he will tell how he killed bin Laden and why he is giving up his anonymity
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard / Telegraph:
Mario Draghi's efforts to save EMU have hit the Berlin Wall  —  If the ECB tries to press ahead with QE, Germany's central bank chief will resign.  If it does not do so, the eurozone will remain stuck in a lowflation trap and Mario Draghi will resign  —  Mario Draghi has finally overplayed his hand.
Discussion: National Review and Vox Popoli
Rebecca Leber / The New Republic:
Congratulations, Voters.  You Just Made This Climate Denier the Most Powerful Senator on the Environment.  —  In handing Republicans control of the Senate on Tuesday, Americans effectively voted for the party's hostile plans against President Barack Obama's environmental legacy.
Steven Hayward / Power Line:
Climate Change?  An Issue for Losers  —  Ross Douthat nails it in his NY Times blog post-mortem: … Andrew Restuccia notes in Politico: … Will Bunch in the Philadelphia Daily News: … The Keystone pipeline appears to have a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate, according to the National Journal:
Discussion: National Journal
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Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Tom Steyer, greens have rough night at the polls
 
 
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Activists bemoan voting glitches
Discussion: Democracy in America and Guardian
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Republicans, Meet Science
Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
‘Making the President Small’
Discussion: Washington Post
Fox News:
Fox News Exit Poll: Dissatisfaction with Obama, economy keys GOP wave
Discussion: National Review and Hit & Run
EndPlay / Reuters:
The Democrats Lost Big Tonight. Why Obama Should Double Down
Discussion: Power Line and National Review
Evan McMurry / Mediaite:
Mia Love Argues with CNN Hosts: 'I Wasn't Elected' Because of My Race or Gender
Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
Outside Groups With Deep Pockets Lift G.O.P.
 Earlier Items: 
Harold Meyerson / American Prospect:
The Democrats' Catastrophe and the Need For a New Agenda
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The 2014 electorate wasn't just older and whiter than 2012. It also voted more Republican.
Discussion: National Review and Bloomberg View
Andrew Romano / Yahoo! News:
How Hillary Clinton won the 2014 midterms
Carol E. Lee / Wall Street Journal:
For Obama, a Harsh Referendum
Discussion: National Journal, Hot Air and The Hill