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Voters to decide in pivotal congressional, gubernatorial races Tuesday
Washington (CNN) - The Most Expensive Midterm Elections in history finally take place Tuesday as voters decide who goes to Congress and governors' offices. With all predictions, the Election is considered a Referendum on both the Democratic-controlled Congress and President Barack Obama's first two years in office. Polls indicate a dissatisfied electorate could clean House - literally - by tossing out the Democratic majority in the House of Representatives and possibly doing the same in th...

GOP bigs: Tea Party poopers could cost us Senate
WASHINGTON - If Democrats keep control of the Senate, the Republicans can blame it on the Tea Party. "The Tea Party has helped in the House - [but] probably cost us the Senate," said longtime GOP campaign guru Stu Spencer. That's because several mainstream GOP Candidates got boiled by politically extreme Tea Partyers in the Senate primaries - potentially turning off independent voters: Colorado was left with Ken Buck, who suggested a jury might conclude a Rape Victim had "buyer's remorse." Nev...

Your Guide to Election Night
Order a pizza and charge up your Laptop battery - it could be a long night. The Polls start closing at 6 pm Eastern in Kentucky, but it'll be hours until a clear picture emerges of the Senate, House, and Governors' results. To make sense of the chaos, follow our hour-by-hour guide.* 5:30 p.m.: The quarantine on Exit Polls is lifted, so the numbers will start rolling in. You'll probably see leaked Exit poll numbers earlier in the day on Drudge, Redstate, Kos, and other sites. Ignore them. The e...

Cuomo-Paladino Race in N.Y. Is Not Just About Victory
For at least a decade, and possibly since birth, Andrew M. Cuomo has been plotting his path to New York’s Governor’s mansion. On Tuesday, if the polls can be believed, he could get there. Here is what Mr. Cuomo and those who advise him will be looking for from the Election results. Andrew M. Cuomo joined other New York Democrats at La Guardia Community College. Voting Information for N.Y., N.J. and Conn. (November 2, 2010) Who Will Go to the Polls? An Enthusiasm Gap Complicates Fo...

Democrats bracing for major losses
The Campaign of 2010 ended as it began: loudly. This Story Democrats bracing for major losses Record number of early ballots cast Election preview: The 50 States The Fast Fix: Timing Election night As Midwest suffers, Democrats may lose a key foothold Tea Party favorites to watch in November Midterm memorable moments View All Items in This Story View Only Top Items in This Story This Story Bill Clinton rallies West Virginia Democrats on eve of Election 2010 Bill Clinton appears with Meek at O...

Bill Clinton’s Barbed Compliment - Metropolis - WSJ
Yahoo! Buzz Former President Bill Clinton is pulling out all the stops to try to save endangered House Democrats, particularly those in New York. He gave a big compliment to Rep. Scott Murphy —  but one that doubled as a dig on just about everyone else in Congress, including Democrats. “You cannot afford to get rid of one of the few members of the House of Representatives who actually understands The Economy!” Clinton told a cheering crowd in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., on Mon...

The Early Word: Voting Time
From Today’s Times: - How did Tea Party Candidates fare? What do the results mean for 2012 and President Obama? With 500 or so House, Senate and Governor’s races on tap for Tuesday, The Times’s Michael D. Shear offers a list of possible trends to watch out for when Election Day results start rolling in. - Does that make it a draw? Democrats and allied groups outspent Republicans on Television Advertising in House races, even with an outpouring of spending from G.O.P.-leaning

Dems hope to limit losses in campaign's last hours
WASHINGTON — Bracing for Monday’s final burst of campaigning, President Barack Obama implored voters to remember that GOP policies failed to prevent the Recession, while top Republicans said the public will deliver a harsh verdict on his stewardship of an anemic recovery. Alaska was shaping up as the most unsettled state in the Midterm Election’s closing act. Democrats said it’s conceivable they could score an upset Senate win there. Desperate to minimize game-changing lo...

Dems Hope to Limit Losses in Campaign's Last Hours
(WASHINGTON) — Bracing for Monday's final burst of campaigning, President Barack Obama implored voters to remember that GOP policies failed to prevent the Recession, while top Republicans said the public will deliver a harsh verdict on his stewardship of an anemic recovery. Alaska was shaping up as the most unsettled state in the Midterm Election's closing act. Democrats said it's conceivable they could score an upset Senate win there. (See pictures of Barack Obama's college years.) Desp...

ELECTION DAY: How big? These go to 11 -- Boehner plans solemn start with focus on spending, taxes, reform House GOP has transit
Good Tuesday morning. On Election Day, the messy sport of politics turns very human. It’s an emotional time in a clinical business -- all swathed in the chaos of final chores, so it won’t sink in until some quiet moment after a little sleep. One of the Mikey Rules of Living is: “Ya never know.” You miss a flight, you meet your wife. Today, you’re running the West Wing; tomorrow, you’re begging the other side for tours. A wild victory turns out to be ephemeral...

'Bizarre' Alaska Senate Race May Take Weeks to Wrap Up (The Atlantic Wire)
Washington, DC – One Day removed from the conclusion (perhaps) of the Alaska Senate race, the three-way toss-up has devolved into "surreal political theater." Lisa Murkowski, the Republican Incumbent, has waged an unusually viable write-in bid to save her seat. Joe Miller, the Tea Party insurgent turned presumptive front-runner, has seen his unpopularity rating soar among potential voters and his campaign implode after numerous high-profile gaffes. And Scott McAdams? No one was even talk...

GOP upbeat, Dems brace for losses on election eve (AP)
WASHINGTON – A takeover of the House in sight, Republicans brimmed with confidence while Democrats braced for losses on the eve of Recession-era Elections for control of Congress and dozens of statehouses. "The American People are in charge," declared GOP Leader John Boehner, vowing to shrink the size and cost of government if his Party wins power on Tuesday. Favorites and underdogs alike went through their final campaign paces on Monday, beckoning voters to turn out in the small towns o...

Judgment Day
Over the last twenty-two months, Barack Obama, Rahm Emanuel, Nancy Pelosi, and Harry Reid have sown the wind. Today - if the Polls are any indication - they will reap the whirlwind. The portents have been there for a very long time. It all began on 19 February 2009 with a rant on CNBC on the part of Rick Santelli, which struck a nerve and occasioned the birth of the Tea-Party Movement. That the tide might be beginning to turn was made evident in mid-April of that year when the adherents of...

Democrats Hope to Limit Losses in Campaign's Last Hours
Washington — Bracing for Monday's final burst of campaigning, President Barack Obama implored voters to remember that GOP policies failed to prevent the Recession, while top Republicans said the public will deliver a harsh verdict on his stewardship of an anemic recovery. Alaska was shaping up as the most unsettled state in the Midterm Election's closing act. Democrats said it's conceivable they could score an upset Senate win there. Desperate to minimize game-changing losses around the ...

Delaware: In Senate race, is it make or (tie)break?
New Castle County Executive Christopher Coons (D) is well ahead in his bid to keep Vice President Biden's former Senate seat in Democratic hands. Once conservative Christine O'Donnell defeated popular GOP Rep. Michael N. Castle in the September primary, she quickly plummeted in the General Election polls in liberal-leaning Delaware despite growing national news media attention. If Democrats lose nine other seats, leaving the Senate at 50-50, they may consider Coons their savior, because they w...

As Barack Obama and Sarah Palin make final midterm pitches, it's Americans' turn to speak
Sarah Palin has been traveling around the country in recent weeks, slyly telling appreciative conservative crowds, "Nov. 2d, we can see it from our house." This morning everyone can see Nov. 2d. Election Day is here. Many millions of Americans have already early-voted, including the country's top Chicago Democrat. But by the end of the Day in Palin's Alaska, the state so large it has its own Time Zone, most of those votes will be counted and some kind of history will be made ...

Sink and Scott in Election Day Dead Heat
Nearly even to the end, with just one point separating them in the latest Polls, Florida Gubernatorial Candidates Alex Sink and Rick Scott spent Election Day eve rallying their constituents and encouraging supporters to get out the vote. Sink spent Monday making the rounds with fellow Democrats Sen. Bill Nelson and former Senator and Governor Bob Graham at a rally in Fort Myers, before joining Senate Candidate Kendrick Meek and former President Bill Clinton at a rally in Orlando. Sink comes into...

Sink and Scott in Election Day Dead Heat
Nearly even to the end, with just one point separating them in the latest Polls, Florida Gubernatorial Candidates Alex Sink and Rick Scott spent Election Day eve rallying their constituents and encouraging supporters to get out the vote. Sink spent Monday making the rounds with fellow Democrats Sen. Bill Nelson and former Senator and Governor Bob Graham at a rally in Fort Myers, before joining Senate Candidate Kendrick Meek and former President Bill Clinton at a rally in Orlando. Sink comes into...

Dems hope to limit losses in campaign's last hours
WASHINGTON – Democratic and Republican Party Leaders put on their best game faces Monday, making 11th hour arguments on the eve of Midterm Elections that seem certain to curb if not end Democratic control of Congress. "We're hoping now for a fresh start with the American People," said GOP Chairman Michael Steele. "If we don't live up to those expectations, then we'll have a problem in two years." His Democratic counterpart, Tim Kaine, said he believes Democrats will do better than some e...

Dems hope to limit losses in campaign's last hours
WASHINGTON (AP) - Bracing for Monday's final burst of campaigning, President Barack Obama implored voters to remember that GOP policies failed to prevent the Recession, while top Republicans said the public will deliver a harsh verdict on his stewardship of an anemic recovery. Alaska was shaping up as the most unsettled state in the Midterm Election's closing act. Democrats said it's conceivable they could score an upset Senate win there. Desperate to minimize game-changing losses around the c...

Crash and Burn Day for Dems
House: I was at 50 seats being lost for about a year, then at 57 last week, and now... 67 seats. That's what the generic house poll says, or more. We'll know a bit after 7 PM EST, when VA returns. If the 6D/5R Virginia delegation looks like its headed to a 2D/9R one, we are headed way up there. Senate: Still at 9 seats. I am going with Adams pulling off an upset win in AK for the Dems. But I am also predicting that the toss-ups, WA/IL/CO/NV/WV all go Republican (WV is the weak link). Its a 50-50...

Election Night Essentials
An unprecedented Election Campaign is finally coming to a close, but with countless races still too close to call. Here’s a preview of the features and offerings we’ll have throughout the Day and into the night for you to track the Elections nationwide that will determine the control of Congress: Mapping the Results Starting at around 6 p.m. Eastern time, when polls close in the eastern parts of Indiana and Kentucky, we’ll be displaying continuously updating interactive maps for the House

Bright Spot Amidst Carnage
The Obama effect on today’s Elections is going to be sobering and all bad. Two years after being elected, on a Day where political analysts across the spectrum wondered about the death of Conservatism, it’s back with a vengeance. Pres. Barack Obama, David Axelrod and his political team should take a bow. I BET Rahm Emanuel is glad he’s back in Chicago. Very few Democratic Candidates closed the Election sounding like Democrats. But when they did they didn’t have Barack O...

Official Election Predictions Post
When all the votes are counted, I think there’ll be 232 House Republicans. They’ll be joined by 49 Senate Republicans, which is going to set off an interesting frenzy of efforts to entice Senators Nelson, Lieberman, Landrieu, and Pryor to switch parties but I forecast that coordination problems—only works if two jump—Will frustrate Republicans. Meanwhile, egomaniacal Senate moderates will be frustrated to discover that the legislative process now consists primarily of negotiati...

Democrats Have Their Policies to Blame
Get alerts when there is a new article that might interest you. There's a simple way to test whether Democratic policies, rather than The Economy, are the dominant factor in the Midterm Election: Consider the alternative. After Mr. Brown was elected on Jan. 19, Mr. Obama could have abandoned his full-throttle blitz to pass Health-care reform and other Legislation, instead seeking Compromise with Republicans. The Bipartisan route, adored by Independents, was open to him. Mr. Obama could have yiel...