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'We got walloped,' says Virginia Dem; Stay calm, says White House
politico.com - 30 days ago
'We got walloped,' says Virginia Dem; Stay calm, says White House
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Obama himself did not mention the elephant in the room Wednesday in public appearances in Wisconsin.

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The Early Word: Post-Mortems
The Caucus — ... a little more concerned, especially with a vote on the House health care package that could occur on Saturday. And John Harris and Alexander Burns examine two Obama-centric questions raised by this year’s results. “The first is whether Barack Obama learned anything new about American voters. The second is whether American voters will soon learn something new about Obama.” Over at The Wall Street Journal, Peter Wallsten and Jonathan Weisman take a closer look at how the ...

TPMDC Morning Roundup
TPM Election Central — ... Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) is dissenting from the national Democrats' take that the gubernatorial losses in New Jersey and his native Virginia did not represent a move away from the party. Warner told the Politico: "We got walloped." ...

Warner: ‘We got walloped’
Taylor Marsh — ... Compare Mark Warner with David Axelrod. “We won a congressional seat that’s been in Republican hands since Ulysses S. Grant was president, in part because of the disunity in the Republican Party… That was the only truly national contest on the ballot. … The most portentous thing that happened yesterday was that the right wing of the Republican Party ran a moderate Republican essentially out of the race, and lost a seat they had held for more than 100 years. I don’t take that as discouragement.” ...

The Note's Must-Reads for Friday, November 6, 2009
The Note — ... Globe's Political Intelligence: "Republican contenders lagging in early 2012 poll" LINK The New York Daily News' Adam Lisberg: "Bill Thompson has no regrets about failed campaign; warns Mayor Bloomberg win was no 'mandate'" LINK Politico’s Erika Lovley: “GOP’s special elections losing streak” LINK Politico’s Nathan Daschle: “Lessons learned from gov. races” LINK Politico’s John F. Harris and Alexander Burns: “Sen. Mark Warner: ‘We got walloped’” LINK AFGHANISTAN: The Wall Street Journal’s Yaroslav Trofimov: “Powerful ...

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