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Date: Wednesday, November 3, 2010, 8:59 PM Joe, Over the last four years, the Democratic House Majority that you made possible took courageous action on behalf of America's middle class to create jobs and save the country from the worst economic catastrophe since the Great Depression. Despite the outcome of last night's elections, please know that your grassroots support still made a difference. There are many courageous Democrats who won close races last night because of your remarkable support. The outcome of this election does not diminish the work we have done together for the American people. With so much...

NBC/WSJ pollster: Results show 'rebuke' of last two years Republicans remain on course to make substantial midterm gains across the country and to win control of at least one chamber of Congress, according to the final NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll before Tuesday’s elections. Nearly 50 percent of likely voters prefer a GOP-controlled Congress, which is virtually unchanged from the poll taken two weeks ago; a plurality of all registered voters say it would be a “good thing” if Republicans were in charge of both the U.S. House and U.S. Senate; and almost two-thirds — including about half of Democrats...

Democrats poised for historic losses in Mid-Term. With less than a week left until the 2010 mid-term elections the polls are continuing paint a dismal picture for Democratic candidates and incumbents. In general the races tighten as elections draw closer but that does not seem to be the case at least in the House or Representatives. The Real Clear Politics average of polls shows 225 seats as leaning or likely Republican, 178 leaning or likely Democrat and 32 as toss ups. That would mean even if the Democrats pick up all 32 toss up seats, something that seems unlikely at...

My colleague Ron Faucheux points out that of 21 contested Sen. races, Dems only lead in states that Obama carried by MORE than 20 pts. - Karen Hanretty, 10/11/2010 FYI, she's on FNC quite often, usually with Hannity.

Democrats are bracing for the loss of a House seat Saturday in President Obama's birthplace of Hawaii, where a special election in a heavily Democratic district has inflamed tensions within the party

BOSTON (Associated Press) -- A top Massachusetts Democrat said Saturday that one of Robert F. Kennedy's grandsons is considering carrying on the family's vaunted political tradition by running for the U.S. House of Representatives. Joseph P. Kennedy III, one of the twin sons of former Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy II, may run this fall if Democratic Rep. William Delahunt decides against seeking re-election in his South Shore and Cape Cod district. Kennedy, 29, "has been considering it but he hasn't made a decision," said the Democrat, who demanded anonymity to speak about private conversations with the father and son.

In an interview with CBS News on Feb. 7, prior to the Super Bowl, the president made a surprise call for a half-day, bipartisan, nationally televised summit on healthcare. The political need for Obama to make such a bold move is underscored by his relatively low 36% approval rating on his handling of healthcare. Obama’s healthcare approval rating is statistically little different from the 37% he received last month, but the two ratings are the lowest of his administration. Americans give Obama his lowest rating, 32%, on handling the federal budget deficit, down from 38% when this was last measured...

The Los Angeles Times is reporting that the Republican Party stands to potentially make a big comeback in the 2010 Mid-term elections: After losing the White House and nearly 70 congressional seats in the last two elections, Republicans are poised for a strong comeback in 2010, with significant gains likely in the House and a good chance of boosting their numbers in the Senate and statehouses across the country. The results could hamper President Obama's legislative efforts as he prepares to seek reelection and reshape the political landscape for a decade beyond, as lawmakers redraw congressional and state political boundaries...

Democrats are starting to worry that President Obama's "charge-and-spend" debt, new "cap-and-trade" tax and "apologize to the world" agendas are going to hurt them when they run for re-election, leaving the WorldNetDaily Freedom Index ticking up to 53.2 on a 100-point scale, despite a month of relatively few major controversies. "What I think is going on here is that Democrats are growing slightly more concerned that the Democratic initiatives in Washington may come with a steep political price tag outside the beltway," said Fritz Wenzel of Wenzel Strategies. "This is especially true after the Democratic election losses in deep blue...

Still reeling from their losses last November, the GOP shows no signs of being any closer to defining its midterm election themes than it was last November 5th. Although it may be too soon for the party to evidence preparation for the '10 midterm elections, it isn't too soon to suggest what it will take for the GOP to regain seats in the House and Senate. First, it will take new congressional leadership. It's said that generals tend to fight the next war the way they fought the last. If the GOP fights the midterms the way it fought the...