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• Obama's new job: reinvention (The Christian Science Monitor)
• The Republican Revolution: Real This Time? (Time.com)
• Gates urges Congress to repeal gay ban now (AP)
• Besides seats, GOP wins sway in 2010 redistricting (AP)
• DeMint: The tea party deserves credit for GOP gains (The Upshot)
• McConnell says banning 'earmarks' is complicated (AP)
• Sen.-elect Paul: GOP must consider military cuts (AP)
• Inside the GOP 'civil war': 4 fierce conflicts (The Week)
• Seniors fled Democrats in midterms (Politico)
• Stockman ridicules GOP on budget (Politico)
• Obama: US elections force 'midcourse corrections' (AP)
• Marines stand by off coast of storm-battered Haiti (AP)
• Rallying Russian vets say defense minister must go (AP)
• Obama sets Japan, S.Korea on duel of definitions (AFP)
• Inside the GOP's Plan to Undermine Obama (The Atlantic Wire)
• Chris Christie irks NBC’s David Gregory by calling him an ‘advocate’ (Daily Caller)
• 112th Congress: Ron Johnson, R-Wis. (Senate) (CQPolitics.com)
• DeMint: Tea party owed credit for election gains (AP)
• Holiday Shopping Guide: The Best Crazy Tea Party Books (The Atlantic Wire)

Obama's new job: reinvention (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 06 Nov 2010 05:17 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Weeks before the midterm elections, Barack Obama already knew his life as president would change forever. His Democrats were going to "take a shellacking," as he put it after the vote. They would likely lose their House majority â€" and boy, did they.

The Republican Revolution: Real This Time? (Time.com) Posted: 06 Nov 2010 12:00 PM PDT Time.com - If congressional Republicans are truly serious about shrinking the deficit, they won't cut taxes

Gates urges Congress to repeal gay ban now (AP) Posted: 07 Nov 2010 07:45 AM PST AP - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Congress should act quickly, before new members take their seats, to repeal the military's ban on gays serving openly in the military.

Besides seats, GOP wins sway in 2010 redistricting (AP) Posted: 07 Nov 2010 11:18 AM PST AP - Republicans don't just control much of the electoral map. In some cases, they now have the power to redraw it.

DeMint: The tea party deserves credit for GOP gains (The Upshot) Posted: 07 Nov 2010 08:09 AM PST The Upshot - South Carolina Republican Sen. Jim DeMint says he believes tea party activists deserve serious credit for the GOP's gains in last Tuesday's elections, and he hopes Republicans in Washington will "embrace a lot" of the movement's ideas. "I think they made a huge difference in the election," DeMint said during an appearance on NBC's "Meet [...]

McConnell says banning 'earmarks' is complicated (AP) Posted: 07 Nov 2010 08:24 AM PST AP - Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell says banning pork-barrel projects known as "earmarks" from congressional legislation is more complicated than it appears but that he is willing to consider such a ban.

Sen.-elect Paul: GOP must consider military cuts (AP) Posted: 07 Nov 2010 06:43 AM PST AP - Republican Sen.-elect Rand Paul says GOP lawmakers must be open to cutting military spending as Congress tries to reduce government spending.

Inside the GOP 'civil war': 4 fierce conflicts (The Week) Posted: 05 Nov 2010 09:03 AM PDT The Week - It didn't take long for Republican unity to break down after the party's historic victory in the midterms

Seniors fled Democrats in midterms (Politico) Posted: 07 Nov 2010 11:35 AM PST Politico - Older voters swing hardest, seemingly threatened by President Barack Obama’s mantra of change.

Stockman ridicules GOP on budget (Politico) Posted: 07 Nov 2010 08:56 AM PST Politico - The ex-Reagan OMB chief makes clear he has no faith the new Congress will do better than the last.

Obama: US elections force 'midcourse corrections' (AP) Posted: 07 Nov 2010 11:12 AM PST AP - Hampered by heavy election losses at home, President Barack Obama promised from India on Sunday to make "midcourse corrections" to reinvigorate his embattled domestic agenda in the face of a testier American public and more combative Congress.

Marines stand by off coast of storm-battered Haiti (AP) Posted: 05 Nov 2010 11:53 AM PDT AP - U.S. Marines rushed to deliver relief supplies to Haiti on Friday as Hurricane Tomas battered the small, impoverished country.

Rallying Russian vets say defense minister must go (AP) Posted: 07 Nov 2010 06:22 AM PST AP - More than 1,000 Russian military veterans and active servicemen rallied Sunday to demand the ouster of the defense minister, a civilian who is carrying out a radical reform of Russia's armed forces.

Obama sets Japan, S.Korea on duel of definitions (AFP) Posted: 07 Nov 2010 01:16 PM PST AFP - US President Barack Obama is certain to heap praise on South Korea and Japan as he attends back-to-back summits but some experts see a subtle shift as he views Seoul as the more dynamic ally.

Inside the GOP's Plan to Undermine Obama (The Atlantic Wire) Posted: 07 Nov 2010 04:45 AM PST The Atlantic Wire - Now that Republicans have gained control of the House, they can push back against President Obama's agenda with more than just talk. While the Democrats maintain the Senate (and the president his veto authority), the GOP can still make a significant impact. Here's a look at the various issues reporters and conservatives say are on the table:Congressional Hearings "Republicans should use their new investigatory powers to hold hearings and force officials like HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to testify about the [health care] law," argues Michael Tanner at The New York Post. "For example, since the law passed we have learned that health care spending will go up, not down as promised, and that millions of Americans will not be able to keep the insurance they have today. What does Sebelius think of that?"Using the Power of the Purse  Robert Pear at The New York Times reports: Republican lawmakers said, for example, that they would propose limiting the money and personnel available to the Internal Revenue Service, so the agency could not aggressively enforce provisions that require people to obtain health insurance and employers to help pay for it. Under the law, individuals and employers who flout the requirements will face tax penalties.

Chris Christie irks NBC’s David Gregory by calling him an ‘advocate’ (Daily Caller) Posted: 07 Nov 2010 07:05 AM PST Daily Caller - New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie irked NBC’s David Gregory — and probably won over more conservatives weary of the media in the process — by suggesting on "Meet the Press" that the host was acting as an advocate for Democrats in the way he spoke about taxes.

112th Congress: Ron Johnson, R-Wis. (Senate) (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 06 Nov 2010 03:21 PM PDT CQPolitics.com - Residence: Oshkosh

DeMint: Tea party owed credit for election gains (AP) Posted: 07 Nov 2010 05:40 AM PST AP - South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint says he hopes fellow Republicans heed the call of tea party and give the grass-roots activists credit for last week's election gains.

Holiday Shopping Guide: The Best Crazy Tea Party Books (The Atlantic Wire) Posted: 07 Nov 2010 02:51 AM PST The Atlantic Wire - David Hedrick lost his bid to become the Republican candidate for Washington's third congressional district earlier this year. But that blow must be softened by the knowledge that the Tea Partier clearly has a long career in publishing ahead of him. The Portland Mercury's Dave Bow handed over $20 for Hedrick's graphic novel, The Liberal Clause: Socialism on a Sleigh, and what a steal it was. The Liberal Clause is sort of like The Nightmare Before Christmas, but for conservatives, with a dastardly Liberal Claus stealing Christmas--even though he can't even prove he's from the North Pole!

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