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    The Elections Are Over: Let the Campaign Begin

    Even before the midterm voting began, both parties were looking ahead to the next Presidential election. Now, Republicans have the Senate for the first time since 2006, and their biggest House majority since 1950.  Can they legislate their way to success in 2016?

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    By Warren Olney • Nov 5, 2014 • 1 min read

    Even before the midterm voting began, both parties were looking ahead to the next Presidential election. Now, Republicans have the Senate for the first time since 2006, and their biggest House majority since 1950. Can they legislate their way to success in 2016? We hear about their challenges — and those of a lame duck Democrat in the White House whose party blames him for its losses. What’s in store as both parties try to impress an electorate that will look very different from yesterday’s voters?

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Benjamin Gottlieb

      Reporter, Fill-in Host

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      Claire Martin

      Producer, To the Point/Which Way LA?

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      Gideon Brower

      Independent Producer

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      Aaron Blake

      senior political reporter and author/host of “The Campaign Moment” newsletter and podcast for The Washington Post

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      Neil Newhouse

      Public Opinion Strategies

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      Ed Kilgore

      political columnist at New York Magazine, and former Democratic strategist

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    The full episode

    2 of 3
    A “Wave" Election or Midterms as Usual
    1. 1:19Palestinian Driver Plows into Pedestrians in Jerusalem
    2. 7:58The Elections Are Over: Let the Campaign BeginYou’re reading this
    3. 42:45What’s the Future of Marijuana Legalization?
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