Two midterm elections have hollowed out the Democratic Party  —  When President Obama was elected in 2008, his victory signaled a generational change and the prospect of renewal for the Democratic Party.  Instead, the opposite has occurred.  Over the past six years, the party has been hollowed out.

Pricey Doughnuts, Pricier Homes, Priced-Out Readers  —  DAVID Gonzalez approached the South Bronx street-corner preacher and said he was from The New York Times.  —  “He had just been shouting fire, brimstone and eternal damnation,” recalled Mr. Gonzalez, at that time, in 1991, the Bronx bureau chief.

Ebola nurse plans to leave Maine  —  The Maine nurse at the center of the Ebola quarantine debate plans to move away from the state next week, according to a report by the Portland Press Herald.  —  Kaci Hickox, a volunteer with Doctors Without Borders, announced plans to leave about a week …

The Death of the Southern White Democrat Hurts African-Americans the Most  —  Not long after the polls closed on Tuesday night, Georgia Congressman John Barrow earned his place in history when he lost his reelection campaign to Republican Rick Allen by almost 10 points—a peculiar place he undoubtedly didn't want.

Romney ‘stunned’ by Obama's letter to Iran  —  Mitt Romney said Friday that he was stunned by reports of President Obama's letter to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.  —  “That the president would write a letter of this nature, in effect legitimizing a nation and a leadership …

With Fear of Being Sidelined, Tea Party Sees the Republican Rise as New Threat  —  WASHINGTON — As most Republicans were taking a victory lap the morning after the elections, a group of conservatives huddled anxiously in a conference room not far from Capitol Hill and agreed …

George W. Bush: Odds ‘50-50’ Jeb runs  —  Former President George W. Bush said in an interview broadcast Sunday that chances are “50-50” that his brother, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) will run for president in 2016.  —  “You know, it's a lot of speculation about him,” the former president said on “Face the Nation.”

The Free Market Did Not Bring Down the Berlin Wall  —  The United States has misinterpreted the end of Communism for a quarter of a century.  It's time to set the record straight.  —  GOOGLE +

Can D.C. get something done?  Fat chance  —  What can actually get done over the next two years?  Even if you didn't get your hopes up, you should still lower them.  —  President Barack Obama and incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell are doing their best to sound positive.

Dark Money Helped Win the Senate  —  The next Senate was just elected on the greatest wave of secret, special-interest money ever raised in a congressional election.  What are the chances that it will take action to reduce the influence of money in politics?  —  Nil, of course.

Shooter: 'It doesn't matter anymore if I killed bin Laden'  —  (CNN) — The former Navy SEAL who says he fired the shot that killed Osama bin Laden says he doesn't care if people believe him.  —  “The most important thing that I've learned in the last two years is to me it doesn't matter anymore …