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12:05 PM ET, November 6, 2014

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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 …
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Ron Fournier / National Journal:
Obama Isn't Listening to Voters He Claims to Hear  —  “I hear you,” the president says.  But he doesn't.  —  Shellacked and thumped by an angry electorate, President Obama declared to every American who voted in Tuesday's elections—and to those who've checked out of the political process—"I hear you."
Discussion: Philly.com and Ed Driscoll
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Barack Obama's case for himself has holes  —  President Barack Obama and his aides are arguing that the stinging defeat Democrats suffered at the polls Tuesday wasn't a rejection of the policies he's advocated over the past six years, citing evidence of popular support for his agenda even as voters turned against his party.
USA Today:
Obama: ‘Obviously, Republicans had a good night’
Discussion: Daily Kos
Townhall.com:
Obama Has Called the GOP's Bluff.  What Will the House Do Next?  —  SHARES  —  If you were looking for any acknowledgment from President Obama that he bears any responsibility for the massacre Democrats suffered at the polls on Tuesday, then you were probably very disappointed in his press conference yesterday.
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Washington Post:
Transcript: President Obama's Nov. 5 news conference on midterm election results
Daily Mail:
WHAT LANDSLIDE?  Obama threatens vetoes and executive orders - including immigration reform …
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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Ashley Killough / CNN:
Chris Christie's big moment  —  (CNN) — Gov. Chris Christie granted interviews to all five major news networks Wednesday morning, reveling in the thumping Republican governors gave Democrats on Election Night.  —  As chairman of the Republican Governors Association, Christie helped raise $106 million …
Washington Post:
Republican Larry Hogan wins Md. governor's race in stunning upset
Jonathan Topaz / Politico:
Rep. Steve Israel leaving DCCC  —  Following Democratic setbacks in the midterms, Rep. Steve Israel said he has turned down House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's appeal to chair the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman for a third time.  —  The New York congressman will not run …
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
C-SPAN Caller On Air: ‘Republicans Hate That N***er Obama’ (VIDEO)  —  A man who called into C-SPAN's “Washington Journal” Thursday morning referred to President Barack Obama as “that n***er” before getting booted off the air.  —  The caller, who gave his name as Anthony from San Diego …
Discussion: Raw Story, Mediaite and Jezebel
Politico:
How to waste 10 million dollars  —  Embracing the irony of setting up a super PAC that would spend big money in order to fight super PACs and other groups that spend big money, Harvard professor Larry Lessig and GOP strategist Mark McKinnon went all-in on the idea voters would kick megadonors to the curb.
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Gawker
Libby Nelson / Vox:
Republicans now have historic majorities in state legislatures.  That's a really big deal.  —  One Republican victory in the midterm elections has been mostly overlooked.  Yes, Republicans took control of the Senate and a surprising number of governorships.  But they also won a record number of state legislature seats.
Discussion: ABC News and The PJ Tatler
Brendan Nyhan / New York Times:
What 2014 Elections Can Tell Us About the 2016 Ones: Not So Much  —  America has again embraced our long history of electoral overreaction.  While it's true that Republicans won a major victory at the polls, the results tell us far less about future elections than some commentary has suggested.
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Kirsten Gillibrand not interested in DSCC chairmanship  —  Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has no interest in leading Senate Democrats' campaign to take back the majority on 2016, an aide said on Wednesday morning.  —  Senate Democrats woke up on Wednesday morning with one silver lining …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
James Oliphant / National Journal:
Face It, Obama Is a Lousy Politician  —  The president's skill set didn't match up well with an election that prized extremes over nuance.  He paid the price.  —  As his party lost seats in epic fashion Tuesday in both the House and Senate, the world's most famous Democrat sat on the sidelines …
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
CHARLES PIERCE LIVE BLOGGING: OPEN ALL NIGHT … 1:30AM — I think it was contemplating the fact that both Sam Brownback and Paul LePage both may have survived as governors that was the last straw for me tonight.  Brownback has wrecked his state.  Even Kansas Republicans believe that.
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Dana Milbank: Obama seems numb to this latest ‘shellacking’ of Democrats  —  “I hear you,” President Obama said to the voters who gave Democrats an electoral drubbing in Tuesday's midterm elections.  —  But their message went in one presidential ear and out the other.
Kendall Breitman / Politico:
Anchorage station airs over 16K campaign ads  —  KTUU, the NBC affiliate in Anchorage, Alaska, wins the award for most Senate ads aired in the 2014 election cycle.  —  The station played 13,200 Senate ads in 2014 through Oct. 27, according to data analysis from the Center for Public Integrity of Kantar Media/CMAG data.
 
 
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Kate Gibson / CNBC:
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Discussion: Raw Story
Kyle Mantyla / Right Wing Watch:
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Discussion: ThinkProgress and Gawker
Katherine Connell / National Review:
Losers  —  1. Barack Obama is now a toxic brand.
Discussion: VodkaPundit
Ali Hamedani / BBC:
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Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Evan McMurry / Mediaite:
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Betsy Woodruff / Slate:
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