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Voters Choose Divided Government
President Obama now faces a divided Congress, with Republicans taking over the House and Democrats barely holding on to the Senate. We talk about what happened yesterday and what it might mean for the future. Also, California goes in a different direction.
By Warren Olney • • 51m ListenPresident Obama now faces a divided Congress, with Republicans taking over the House and Democrats barely holding on to the Senate. We talk about what happened yesterday and what it might mean for the future. Also, California’s the state that often establishes national trends. So what does it mean that, in yesterday’s election, it went solidly for the Democrats?
Banner image: Democrat Harry Reid of Nevada (L) won re-lection and retains his position as Senate Majority Leader. Although Democrat Nancy Pelosi won re-election to her California House seat, she will lose the Speakership to Republican John Boehner of Ohio.
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3 storiesPresident Obama Holds Post-Election News Conference
At the White House this morning, President said he took “ direct responsibility ” for not making the progress on the economy demanded by the American people. Peter Wallsten is National Political Writer for the Wall Street Journal .
Read the story8 minThe Election's Over: What Happened? What's Next?
Just as predicted, Republicans have swept into control of the Congress, while Democrats hold a somewhat reduced majority in the Senate. Harry Reid held on in Nevada, but the Illinois seat once held by President Obama was lost. Was the election a referendum on White House leadership? Some prominent favorites of Sarah Palin were defeated.
Read the story35 minThe Republican Red Wave Meets California's Blue Bulwark
The biggest state in the Union has resisted the Republican tide, with Democrats sweeping all statewide offices. The state that invented the Three Strikes Law elected an African American woman from liberal San Francisco as Attorney General .
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