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http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/11/03/5401495-mccain-democrat-districts-swing-back-to-gop-

'McCain Democrat' districts swing back to GOP

From Msnbc.com's Tom Curry
House Republicans had great success last night in winning “McCain Democrat” districts: those won by Republican presidential candidate John McCain in 2008, but represented by a Democratic House member.

Of the 49 “McCain Democrat” districts, at least 36 were won by Republicans on Tuesday.

Sixteen of them were in the South, three were in Ohio, two were in Pennsylvania and two in New York.

Casualties from such districts included House Armed Services Committee chairman Ike Skelton of Missouri, who was first elected in 1976.

Among the survivors from McCain Democrat districts were veterans such as House Agriculture Committee chairman Rep. Collin Peterson in Minnesota and Rep. Mike McIntyre in North Carolina, who weathered a $400,000 ad barrage from the National Republican Congressional Committee. Peterson’s race was not targeted by NRCC or outside groups such as American Crossroads.

Two of the McCain Democrat districts were still undecided as of 11 a.m. Eastern time Wednesday, Arizona’s Eighth Congressional District, represented by Gabrielle Giffords and Kentucky’s Sixth, represented by Ben Chandler.

In contrast with their victories in most of the McCain Democrat districts, Republican were less successful in extending their reach into solidly Democratic turf: districts that had voted for John Kerry in the 2004 presidential election and Barack Obama in 2008.

Of the roughly 20 Kerry 2004/Obama 2008 Democratic-held districts that appeared to be in play during the campaign, Republicans had won eight, as of as of 11 a.m. Eastern time Wednesday.

Among the big winners were Chip Cravaack, who defeated 36-year Democratic veteran James Oberstar in northern Minnesota, a district that went for Kerry in 2004 and Obama in 2008 with 53 percent. Oberstar, chairman of the house transportation committee, was a House lifer, having begun his D.C. career in 1963 as an aide to Rep. John Blatnik.

Another GOP challenger who ousted a Democrat in a Kerry/Obama district was Lou Barletta, who defeated Rep. Paul Kanjorski. His Pennsylvania district backed Kerry with 57 percent in 2004 and Obama with 53 percent in 2008. Kanjorski was first elected in 1984.

Republicans still have a chance to win three more Kerry/Obama districts in Arizona’s Seventh, California’s Twentieth, and Washington Second congressional districts. The Associated Press has not declared a winner in those races.

 

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http://edition.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/11/03/election.obama/

[COLOR="_______"]Obama to face reporters after Democratic bloodbath[/COLOR]
By the CNN Wire Staff
November 3, 2010 -- Updated 1552 GMT (2352 HKT)
STORY HIGHLIGHTS

* Obama is scheduled to appear before reporters at 1 p.m. ET
* He talked to presumptive House speaker John Boehner overnight

(CNN) -- President Barack Obama faces reporters Wednesday afternoon following a night that saw dramatic losses for his fellow Democrats in Congress and a late-night chat with the presumptive new Republican speaker of the House.

Obama's called Ohio Rep. John Boehner, the incoming speaker, at midnight Tuesday to congratulate him on the GOP takeover of the House of Representatives. The president told both Boehner and Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell that he wants to work with them to "find common ground, move the country forward and get things done for the American people," the White House said.

Obama stayed up late in the White House residence keeping a close watch on election returns, according to aides, and knew pretty early in the night that Democrats were going to keep the Senate majority but lose the House majority.

"It was just a matter of how many seats," noted one senior Democratic official familiar with the late-night activity at the White House.

Though no final tally is in, CNN projects Democrats will lose more than 60 seats in the House and at least six seats in the Senate. Republicans are coming into office on pledges to dismantle Obama's signature health-care overhaul, which Boehner warned would bring about "Armageddon" -- but Boehner and Obama held what the congressman's office called a "brief but pleasant conversation" overnight.

"Leader Boehner said he's always been straightforward and honest with the president in the past, and said that's the way he'll continue to be with the president in the future," a statement from the Ohio congressman's office read. "They discussed working together to focus on the top priorities of the American people, which Boehner has identified as creating jobs and cutting spending."

Aides to Obama said he also placed calls to the current Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer from Maryland, who have been knocked out of the majority and now face uncertain futures within the Democratic leadership.

 

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美期中選舉 歐巴馬慘敗 眾院、州長雙輸
中時 更新日期:"2010/11/04 03:06" 閻紀宇／綜合報導

中國時報【閻紀宇／綜合報導】

二○一○年美國「期中選舉」三日大勢底定，執政黨民主黨一如預期慘敗，寫下六十八年來最大挫敗；不僅痛失聯邦眾議院多數黨地位，只勉強保住參議院過半數席次，州長改選也被共和黨拿下大半，歐巴馬連任之路蒙上陰影。共和黨則高奏凱歌，洗雪二○○八年敗戰之恥，問鼎二○一二年總統寶座聲勢看漲。

選舉陸續揭曉後，歐巴馬致電可望出任眾議院議長的俄亥俄州聯邦眾議員鮑納，表示樂意與共和黨展開合作。但鮑納在代表共和黨發表感言時指出，選舉結果代表選民拒斥華府施政、拒斥政府擴權、拒斥對民眾心聲不聞不問的政客。他更要求歐巴馬必須「改變路線」，才有合作可能。

至截稿為止，在眾議院全數改選的四百卅五席中，有十席尚未出爐，但共和黨已斬獲二百四十席，超越過半數門檻二百一十八席，至少增加六十一席。民主黨只拿下一百八十五席，就算剩下十一席全拿，也遠不如選前二百五十六席。（其中一席出缺）這是自一九四二年羅斯福總統時代以來，期中選舉眾院幅度最大的一次「變天」。

在參議院改選加補選卅七席（全院一百席）方面，除了三席仍在拉鋸，共和黨贏得廿三席，加上未改選的廿三席，共四十六席，較選前至少增加五席。民主黨則拿下十一席，加上未改選的四十席（含兩席與民主黨結盟的無黨籍），共計五十一席，已確定保住多數黨地位，但是較選前的五十九席不可同日而語。

在卅七州州長改選方面，共和黨贏得廿三個州，民主黨只拿下八個州，無黨籍則贏得羅德島州，另外五個州開票尚未完成。就全美五十州而言，共和黨至少在廿九個州主政。差堪告慰的是，參議院民主黨領袖芮德苦戰後險勝，民主黨也在加州與紐約兩大州的州長與參議員選戰中勝出。

出口民調顯示，這次選舉主要反映了選民的「憤怒」，關鍵因素則是居高不下的失業率、欲振乏力的經濟成長、水漲船高的赤字國債、幅度過大的政府擴權與不得人心的健保改革。

分析家指出，歐巴馬剩下的兩年任期，在溫室氣體排放減量、移民法改革等高度爭議的法案，幾乎無望立法。攸關他能否連任的財政與經濟政策，兩黨也是共識難覓。參議院共和黨領袖麥康諾日前露骨地說：「我們最重要的目標，就是讓歐巴馬只能當一任總統。」

 

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CHANGE!

Obama Bin Laden got CHANGED by American Voters!

BRAVO!


http://tw.news.yahoo.com/article/url/d/a/101104/4/2g8il.html


號召選民改變 歐巴馬反被選民改變
中時 更新日期:"2010/11/04 03:06" 本報訊

中國時報【本報訊】

兩年前，歐巴馬以「Change」為號召，不僅選上總統，也席捲參、眾兩院的多數。兩年後，美國多數選民同樣以選票，對歐巴馬與他帶來的變化說不！美國期中選舉揭曉，共和黨席捲眾議院多數，足足增加了六十席，而在參議院也增加六席，民主黨僅比半數多一席，州長選舉方面，共和黨則從民主黨手上奪下至少十州。

回顧兩年前歐巴馬當選時，情勢非常有利，白宮與參眾兩院都由民主黨控制，但也因為自恃有國會多數，歐巴馬推動法案時，操之過急，從健保改革、刺激景氣方案到銀行改革法案，白宮與民主黨國會領導人都不願妥協，立法效率很高，可是卻給別人傲慢的印象。

歐巴馬的執政團隊也呈現分崩離析，部長們互放暗箭，許多白宮資深幕僚紛紛在期中選舉前辭職他就，呈現大慘敗前先跳船的心態。而早在選前半年，歐巴馬其實就已看到民眾不滿在升高，他還特地把總統選舉的軍師普樂夫找回來操盤，但頹勢已難再扳回。

無可否認，這次矚目的焦點是茶黨，它所獲得的支持並不如事先的預期，幾位知名度高的候選人，包括歐唐納、費歐娜、安格爾都沒有當選，但是至少三個州的參議員，以及為數不少眾議員都打著茶黨候選人的名號當選。強調減少開支、小政府的茶黨，一夜之間，已從政治運動轉化成政治黨派，將來進入國會，是會形成單獨政團？還是逐步學習華府的權力遊戲規則，被吸納入體制？仍有待觀察。

期中選舉的挫敗，對歐巴馬政府未來兩年的運作，將造成嚴重的牽制。除了眾議院議長裴洛西去職，由共和黨多數黨領袖貝納出任，所有委員會主席都將換成共和黨人擔任，舉凡議程安排，法案審查，都會受反對黨控制。導致沒有任何一黨有能力單獨推動政策，在眾議院，占多數的共和黨一定會通過歐巴馬不樂見的法案，而參議院中，共和黨會更有效的阻擋他們不喜歡的法案，當然白宮也可以否決國會送來的法案，最後的結果很可能是雙方都不肯退讓，釀成僵局，行政停擺。這不是沒有發生過，一九九二年期中選舉，金瑞契領導的共和黨大勝，與民主黨的柯林頓總統對著幹，連預算都通不過，導致聯邦政府關門。

這未必對歐巴馬不利，事實上，共和黨知道政府停止運轉，國民的責難無可逃避，最後還是要分攤責任，共和黨後來與柯林頓達成妥協，結果一九九六年柯林頓依然連任成功，而共和黨仍然取得國會多數，各讓一步，雙方政治上也各有所獲。

在對外方面，外交向來不是期中選舉的重要議題，但是美國以外的人卻訝異的發現，共和黨與茶黨的批評歐巴馬不愛國，用裴琳的話來說，是：「不相信美國是世界上僅見、為善的力量」。他們認為美國是最強大的、最有道德的，無法接受其他挑戰美國的國家興起，所以規範其他國家的法律，不應該約束美利堅，就是這種盲目的意識形態，讓布希發動侵伊拉克戰爭，全世界不敢想像，歐巴馬如果再輸掉兩年後的連任選戰，這樣想法的人回來執政，會變成什麼局面。

國際社會曾對歐巴馬有很高的期待，但兩年下來，他並沒有做成什麼，中東和談再度陷入僵局、伊朗與北韓的核武談判停頓，哥本哈根環保高峰會沒有達成協議，阿富汗戰場敗仗連連，甚至與中國的關係都比以前退步。要轉變世界對美國的印象，歐巴馬單單靠「我不是布希」是不夠的，世界的問題都還在那裡，在剩下的兩年中，他必須要拿出辦法來，才能贏得世界的尊重。

三周之後台灣將舉行的五都選舉，雖然國情不同，但是美國期中選舉卻對台灣有若干的啟示。首先，期中選舉是對政府的信任投票，在美國如此，在台灣五都選舉也將會是如此，如果反對黨獲得民眾支持，這是當政者應該深自警惕的，但是如果執政黨候選人受到支持，反對黨也應該檢討自己的主張是否不合時宜。

其次，期中選舉的結果，就像過去的幾次期中選舉一樣，通常是變動的，成熟的獨立選民會來回選擇，在一九九四年柯林頓時如此、一九八二年雷根主政時也是如此，而且這兩位期中選舉遭逢挫敗的總統，都獲選連任，任何人宣稱「政治版圖」已經轉移，兩年之後，都會發現過度樂觀。

最後，從二日午夜期中選舉結果揭曉後，二○一二年的美國總統大選就正式起跑，誰會在這兩年間出頭，誰會被潮流給淘汰，政治的競爭是很直接殘酷的，台灣五都選後的時間更短，只有一年三個月，五都選舉的結果與總統大選，將會更緊密的綁在一起。

 

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5 Sales Lessons for the Democratic Party
By Geoffrey James | November 3, 2010


Well, the Democrats got a big drubbing in yesterday’s election. And rightly so. While the Republicans adhered to the time-honored rules of selling, the Democrats made just about every sales and marketing mistake in the book. Here are the five most obvious:

Lesson #1: Customers don’t buy features and functions. Whenever Obama or the Democratic leadership talked about their accomplishments, they get all wonky about weird little details. That’s the equivalent of a beginning sales rep going into an account and waxing eloquent about the superior widgetness of his firms offering. Dumb!

Lesson #2: Never promise more than you can deliver. Obama swept into office on a wave of enthusiasm that was practically messianic. He set expectations so high for a “transformative” experience that there was no way that the reality of a dysfunctional government could possible fulfill even a fraction of what the “true believers” thought would happen. Disappointing!

Lesson #3: Never sell against your brand. If you’re going to position yourself as the champion of the individual citizen against the excesses big business, it’s madness to kowtow to Wall Street and let them get away with gigantic bonuses after defrauding the American public. It would have been wiser to fix the blame firmly on Wall Street, even if it meant a worse Recession.

Lesson #4: Sell what you’ve got, not what you’ll have. Third rate sales reps sell features that the product will have “in the next release.” In the case of the Democrats, they kept on trotting out promises and possibilities, rather than touting the huge middle-class tax cut they already gave the country, and the changes in healthcare that protect average citizens from predatory insurance companies.

Lesson #5: Be clear on why you won last time. Nothing is more important, when you want to make a future sale, than understanding why you won (or lost) a deal. The Democrats won in 2008 because voters were angry and scared at a collapsing economy. If Obama had fixed that problem (rather than getting tied up in Afghanistan, healthcare and other assorted issues), I wouldn’t be writing this post.

 

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Fucking conman!

Obama is America's biggest disappointment worst than CCB war criminal Bush. Doing wars while receiving Nobel Peace Award, KNNCCB!

One president worse than another.

USA is destined to be finished. Russia or China will take over superpower.

 

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