Obama imposes huge tax on the American middle class.

That's the story , right? That's the spin for Romney. What's the spin for Obama? UPDATE: Drudge points to Obama's assertion,...

"Seldom has there been as clear a winner" as Mitt Romney at last night's debate.

Asserts Fred Barnes.

"In this anti-establishment year, Ron Johnson is perhaps the only member of his freshman Republican Senate class who can truly lay claim to the Washington outsider label."

"Wisconsin’s newly elected senator has never served in public office. He didn’t benefit from family political connections, as did Rand ...

"President Barack Obama took steps on Wednesday to force a Senate vote on legislation that would begin to dismantle the military's 'don't ask, don't tell' policy..."

"... banning openly gay service members during the ongoing lame-duck legislative session, hosting a second White House strategy session...

"While the president has been on a trip to Asia for the past 10 days, all but a few of his top aides stayed behind to figure out what went so wrong and what to do about it."

WaPo reports: One adviser said they spent the past dozen days "soul-searching." Another said that, around the White House, "p...

"President Obama is coming home from his overseas trip pretty much empty-handed."

"After watching his party take a beating in the midterm elections, Obama wasn't able to secure even a symbolic victory on a trip th...

"High-speed rail may be among the casualties of last week's midterm elections."

Says NPR and I rejoice. The moves to oppose the Obama administration's efforts to get high-speed trains whisking through some parts of ...

"If Manchin, Nelson and Lieberman switched, it would leave the Senate in a 50-50 deadlock."

"Republicans believe Manchin is particularly susceptible to the overture because he is up for reelection in 2012 and will have to be on...

"... Republicans won an even higher percentage of Senate races than House races..."

"... they won 65 percent of the 37 Senate races, versus approximately 56 percent of the 435 House races."

The depth of the 2010 GOP victory in the state legislatures.

It's extreme. Republicans increased their numbers in 73 state legislative chambers of the 87 up for election. Democrats did get one or t...

The Obamas dancing with the kids in India.

[ Click to play video .] Should this joyous dance annoy anyone? Yes, Democrats who just suffered some terrible electoral defeats. Yes, Ameri...

"I did not want to run as a black candidate; I did not want to run as a military candidate..."

"... I wanted to run as an American candidate and win the respect of the people." Allen West, one of the 2 new members of Congress...

"Obama Recasts Asia Trip as Jobs Mission."

The NYT headlines: “The primary purpose is to take a bunch of U.S. companies and open up markets so that we can sell in Asia, in some of the...

"The Republicans won by default. And their prize is nothing more than a two-year lease on the House."

"The building was available because the previous occupant had been evicted for arrogant misbehavior and, by rule, alas, the House canno...

What's with the GOP's "utter lack of triumphalism"?

"In 1994, riding their previous tsunami, Republicans literally danced in the Washington streets and partied for 48 hours. In 2008, Demo...

"Real World" reality TV star wins a seat in Congress — from Wisconsin's 7th District.

Sean Duffy... who is married to Rachel Campos, also of "Real World" fame.

"They lost! Losers compromise!... They were wiped out!"

Rush is raging this morning. Message: The GOP must be boldly conservative and not compromise. ADDED: Emailed notes from the Rush organizatio...

Waking up in a red state.

Good morning, from Wisconsin. My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over.... Or maybe just... The dream is over...And so, dear...

TV on! Election night! Liveblog!

1. It begins: 2. "... Rand Paul projected by CNN to win his Senate race in Kentucky and another conservative, Dan Coats, projected to w...

When does the bloodbath start?

Is it time to turn on the TV yet?