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• Perfect storm for GOP: Obama base stays home, white voters defect (Exclusive to Yahoo! News)
• Nancy Pelosi leaves bittersweet legacy (CQPolitics.com)
• Obama on Democratic losses: ‘It feels bad’ (The Upshot)
• Several Senate, governor races remain uncertain (AP)
• Boehner now has the toughest job in Washington (The Upshot)
• House becomes HQ for 'Hell no' mood toward gov't (AP)
• GOP captures governorships in at least 10 states (AP)
• Duncan: Education can be bipartisan (Politico)
• Obama vows to work with GOP after 'shellacking' (Politico)
• New reality: Obama, GOP talk compromise, conflict (AP)
• Yemen official: Arrested woman didn't mail bombs (AP)
• News Corp. notifies EU of BSkyB takeover plans (AFP)
• Return to bellwether state? Illinois goes Republican -- mostly (associatedcontent)
• Analysis: Voters to President Obama: 'Slow down' (AP)
• Republicans topple committee chairs (Daily Caller)
• House Committees of the 112th: Agriculture (CQPolitics.com)
• Scorecard on Palin's picks: wins, losses, errors (AP)
• Voters' voices: Coloradans' mixed responses reflect split decisions (associatedcontent)

Perfect storm for GOP: Obama base stays home, white voters defect (Exclusive to Yahoo! News) Posted: 03 Nov 2010 08:27 AM PDT Exclusive to Yahoo! News - By Ronald Brownstein National Journal Like converging thunderstorms, two distinct trends collided Tuesday night to power the Republican Party to the largest midterm gains for either party since 1938. The portions of the electorate that remained loyal to President Obama …

Nancy Pelosi leaves bittersweet legacy (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 03 Nov 2010 03:03 AM PDT CQPolitics.com - Nancy Pelosi will end her Speakership much the way it began -- by making history.

Obama on Democratic losses: ‘It feels bad’ (The Upshot) Posted: 03 Nov 2010 11:47 AM PDT The Upshot - A noticeably somber President Obama acknowledged that his party took a "shellacking" at the polls Tuesday night, telling a White House news conference that he takes "direct responsibility" for the frustration voters feel, particularly on the economy. [Related: How the economy will swing 2012 elections] Yet Obama repeatedly refused to say that historic GOP gains [...]

Several Senate, governor races remain uncertain (AP) Posted: 03 Nov 2010 10:26 AM PDT AP - Senate races in three states and a handful of gubernatorial races remained extraordinarily close Wednesday and seemed destined for contested vote counts that could drag on for weeks.

Boehner now has the toughest job in Washington (The Upshot) Posted: 02 Nov 2010 11:58 PM PDT The Upshot - It would be easy to cast President Obama and the Democrats as the big losers after Tuesday's election results. But there's a flip side to what happened on Election Day: Presumptive House Speaker John Boehner now has the toughest job in Washington. That's because the epic wave of voter discontent enabling the GOP to regain [...]

House becomes HQ for 'Hell no' mood toward gov't (AP) Posted: 03 Nov 2010 04:40 AM PDT AP - Flush with new power, congressional Republicans say they'll work with President Barack Obama to cut spending and create jobs — but on their terms.

GOP captures governorships in at least 10 states (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2010 11:53 PM PDT AP - Republicans captured Democratic governorships in at least 10 states on Tuesday, including some prime presidential battlegrounds, and hoped for even more statehouse gains.

Duncan: Education can be bipartisan (Politico) Posted: 03 Nov 2010 01:42 PM PDT Politico - Education Secretary Arne Duncan believes that education can unite the two feuding parties.

Obama vows to work with GOP after 'shellacking' (Politico) Posted: 03 Nov 2010 11:32 AM PDT Politico - He casts the midterms as confirmation that "people are frustrated" but predicts a fight on taxes.

New reality: Obama, GOP talk compromise, conflict (AP) Posted: 03 Nov 2010 02:38 PM PDT AP - A chastened President Barack Obama signaled a new willingness to yield to Republican demands on tax cuts and jettisoned a key energy priority on Wednesday, less than 24 hours after he and fellow Democrats absorbed election losses so severe he called them a shellacking.

Yemen official: Arrested woman didn't mail bombs (AP) Posted: 31 Oct 2010 12:51 PM PDT AP - The young Yemeni woman arrested on suspicion of mailing powerful bombs to U.S. synagogues was released on bail Sunday, and a Yemeni official said authorities no longer believe she shipped the bombs.

News Corp. notifies EU of BSkyB takeover plans (AFP) Posted: 03 Nov 2010 10:25 AM PDT AFP - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. notified its takeover plans for British pay-TV giant BSkyB to European Commission competition regulators on Wednesday.

Return to bellwether state? Illinois goes Republican -- mostly (associatedcontent) Posted: 03 Nov 2010 03:11 PM PDT associatedcontent - The U.S. Senate seat formerly held by President Obama has gone Republican, along with most of the state of Illinois. Rep. Mark Kirk claimed the victory about 1 a.m. with 99 percent of the votes tallied.

Analysis: Voters to President Obama: 'Slow down' (AP) Posted: 03 Nov 2010 02:02 PM PDT AP - America spoke. So what exactly did the country say it wanted beyond an end to one-party rule?

Republicans topple committee chairs (Daily Caller) Posted: 03 Nov 2010 02:11 PM PDT Daily Caller - In yet another demonstration of the shifting power structure, Republicans toppled three Democrat committee chairs Tuesday night. Missouri Rep. Ike Skelton, South Carolina Rep. John Spratt and Arkansas Sen. Blanche Lincoln were all forced to not only give up their gavels, but to leave Congress altogether.

House Committees of the 112th: Agriculture (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 03 Nov 2010 02:29 PM PDT CQPolitics.com - Frank D. Lucas of Oklahoma, in line to hold the gavel as Agriculture Committee chairman, will spend much of the next two years formulating farm policy in anticipation of a new five-year farm bill in 2012. But until that effort gets under way in earnest, Lucas intends to use his panel's oversight powers to spotlight what he describes as regulatory "overreach" by the EPA.

Scorecard on Palin's picks: wins, losses, errors (AP) Posted: 03 Nov 2010 03:05 PM PDT AP - Sarah Palin's scorecard? More than three dozen of the Republicans she supported won seats in Congress to challenge President Barack Obama and possibly smooth a presidential run by their benefactor. Yet big losses in Delaware and Nevada may have cost the Republican Party crucial seats in the Senate.

Voters' voices: Coloradans' mixed responses reflect split decisions (associatedcontent) Posted: 03 Nov 2010 02:54 PM PDT associatedcontent - It's been a tight Senate race in Colorado. There were also many tough amendment issues on the ballot. Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet narrowly hung onto his seat against GOP tea party favorite Ken Buck. Democrat John Hickenlooper pulled through to win the governorship despite a strong third-party bid from Tom Tancredo after Republican Dan Maes' campaign fell apart.

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