.>> tonight in america, voters have chosen a 114th congress and it is a republican way. >> for the first time barack obama will have to deal with the house and senate gop. >> the republicans will be in charge of congress for the final two years of his presidency, republicans easily won the house tonight. they could wind up with the biggest majority there since 1949. and they took back the senate for first time in eight years. >> and here is how they did it. the republicans won at least seven seats currently held by democrats in west virginia, north carolina, colorado, iowa

south dakota and montana. >> the new majority leader in the senate is expected to be mitch mcconnell the current minority leader. >> scott walker was reelected in wisconsin, making him a presidential contender in 2016. >> rick scott was reelected in florida, beating former governor charlie crist. >> and sam brown wbackas elected in ksansa. >> it's election night on captioning sponsored by cbs >> make no mistake, the policies are on the ballot. >> this experiment in big government has lasted long enough. >> i think the ten seats you saw are close you could see all ten

goep rublican. >> this election by making the country better. >> we will get things done. >> it is time to go in a new direction. >> campaign 2014, election night. analysis from john sheafer and charlie rose. john dickerson at the decision desk. now, from cbs news election headquarters in studio 57. here are scott pelley and nora o'donnell. >> good evening. we came into this night with all 435 seats in the house and 36 seats in the senate, up for grabs. >> and it ends with the republican sweep taking control of the housend the senate. >> bob scheaffer, the mood of

the country was tough tonight. >> the mood was nasty and most of the country took it out on barack obama. this was a referendum on barack obama, it was really a referendum on both spearts part. clearly the president has to reorganize and make a new effort here. but republicans have to have a responsibility, got to come up with something that we're against everything that president obama is for. >> you know charlie, we were wondering if the republicans would get at least six seats, they got at least seven seats, we don't know about the state of alaska. this turned out more than a wave. >> indeed it did. as bob said it was the age are against washington, the anger that nothing was getting done. they blamed the president of the united states. time after time, the polling indicated when the republicans were voting they were voting not because they liked their candidate but they hated the president and the way washington was working.

>> now let's look at the man who is most likely leading the senate for the republican party, mitch mcconnell won reelection tonight in his home state of kentucky. there you see him winning handily over alison owner lundergan grimes. how will the leadership be different of the senate under his leadership? >> the market change from the man who said his main goal in life was to make president obama a one term president. now he says he would like to find areas of agreement with the president, on trade agreements, he knows that republicans have just two years as you said bob that they can govern. that they're not an opposition party, if they want a president to be elected in 2016.

>> one small point though, where these republicans won, were they in states where mitt romney had won by double digits. they were in fertile territory. >> absolutely. president obama said it was the worst map for the democrats since the eisenhower era. that's because so many republicans were up for reelection, and it's no surprise that someone like mork pryor the democrat went down there tonight. >> i know, i'm remind he of 2013 white house correspondent, some folks don't think i find enough time with congress, the president said. why don't you get a drink with mitch mcconnell, they say, the president says, why don't you get a drink with mitch mcconnell. but mitch mcconnell didn't

laugh. >> you've been looking through all these numbers. what is the incentive for republicans to compromise? >> well, the incentive for republicans to compromise that in 2016 the number of the senate seats where republicans are running aa lot of those are in democratic states or states that are battle ground states in 2016. it will be a presidential year. the democratic coalition that didn't turn out tonight in 2014 is more likely to turn out in 2016. which means there will be a lot of republican candidates running in places where it will be tough for them. so they want to show and this is what republican leaders have said. they need to show that they can govern. they need to show they can get things done and that doesn't mean just putting things on the president's desk. it means showing people they are open to compromise for the president and that job begins for mitch mcconnell tomorrow. >> there are more than 30 governor's races up for grabs. let's look at one of the closest

ones are you are ever going to see. cbs is predicting rick scott is the winner but less than a thousand votes between the two, charlie crist, former governor. and rick scott. the republican holding ollivant his seat there, a likely contender for the presidential election in the republican party in 2016. moving over to kansas, sam brownback it appears will win reelection. the republican holding that seat. >> in pennsylvania, look there, tom wolf, that is a pickup, tom corbett the most vulnerable re country. the democrat has won that one

bright light for the democrats there. >> a big win for rick scott in florida. democrat charlie crist had hoped the hispanic vote would give him the edge. but if you look at the exit polls, rick scott held his own with the hispanic vote and he won overwhelming white vote. the governor races would break their way, that just didn't happen. it was blue state after blue state and strong blue states like massachusetts and maryland, where they haven't elected a republican governor, since 1967. the republicans won tonight. they even won in illinois, president obama's home state. the only bright spots you're seeing is pennsylvania and of course california where jerry brown won big in the big state of california.

>> barack obama didn't campaign in any of these states, he felt comfortable campaigning in some of these states, even michelle obama, it didn't help much. >> chris christ campaigned in 37 of these races and raised about $100 million for these republican governors. chris christie wo won big tonig. >> the republicans won big in 2010, they won big in 2012 and now they won big in 2014 in the state houses and governor's mansions. >> we'll talk with chris christie tomorrow morning. >> governor race, sam brownback one of the most conservative governors in the country. most massive tax cuts in the country, he won in kansas.

will they say this is a validation of ideology? >> this is in kansas. the fact that he was even in a tight race with a democrat, not just an independent but a democrat is a sign that there's a real schism in that state about deep cuts. the state saw its bond rating slashed twice over these deep spending cuts. it createa divide between fleebles the state which left not just brownback vulnerable but the senator, pat roberts who eked out a victory. it will be interesting to see if brownback changes. >> even the vulnerable republican candidates seemed to win. sam brownback was one of the most vulnerable republican candidates. >> this was an election about not who you're for but who you're against. not what you're for but what you're against. >> and it appears that

republicans have picked up at lease seven seats in the senate. the democrats picked up zero from republicans. they saved a seat in new hampshire but didn't pick up any from republicans. >> i want to get a sense from our exit polls too what happened, cbs news talked to voters when they left the polls. gail king and anthony mason are in studio 7 to tell us what they've learned. >> nora, the voters we talked to tonight are against the economy. our exit polls showed, the economy was the number one issue from the country. 41% of the voters said it was the most important issue. 78% worried, 22% anthony not so much. >> the numbers are also discouraging when you -- we asked people about where the country was headed. 65% saidists on the wrong track. and that doesn't bode well in

voters minds for the future. nearly half, 48% think life will be worse for the next generation and this is interesting because that's the highest number we have ever subpoena in cbs news exit apology, scott, nora. >> very important race tonight is the senate race in colorado, a state that could have gone either way but it went big for representative cory gardner. ben, they musting feeling pretty good there tonight. >> they are. they are still partying here tonight and as you mentioned this was a huge pickup for the republicans here in colorado tonight. and i just talked to senatorial-elect cory gardner. he didn't think this was a vote for the republicans or against the democrats. he said he really plans to go there into the senate now and work on some of those problems and he's willing to compromise on some of those things. for republicans though this is not just about tonight.

this is about 2016. colorado is a red state. that became a blue state. and now i think you'd have to call it very light purple at this point, and the republicans say they need this state in 2016 to win the presidency. a lot of hope in the gop in colorado here tonight and cory gardner and senator mark udall will be coming back to colorado now that he's been defeated. >> han manuel bojorques. to you. >> the incumbent, she told them this is the race she has been waiting for her entire life. because she wants to prove to plns that her experience has yielded results. and that she is not a rubber stamp for president barack obama's policies. her republican challenger bill

cassidy has tied her at every turn to the president who is unpopular in this state. cassidy told his supporters he will turn to his supporters. cassidy has a lead over landrieu but outside money will continue to pour into this race. the runoff is december 6th. scott and nora. >> going into this evening, was the one in georgia but it's not going into a runoff in this republican wave. the republican david perdue has prevailed over michelle nunn. >> the election headquarters of michelle nunn, as you mentioned this race in particular was suggested by several polls to be a close one, possibly going to a runoff but that was not the

case. at about 11:00 tuesday evening, michelle nunn gave her speech conceding, she thanked her supporters and her family and she even offered her support to her opponent republican david perdue. perdue told us early on that he was confident about this race and his victory speech he talked about putting georgia first and also saying he wanted to set a new course. scott and nora. >> african american turnout in georgia very high but not enough to help the democrat. >> one of the big winners, new jersey governor chris christie. will be our guest on crks news this mortgage. >> we'll talk to a member of this new majority, ted cruz of texas and we'll have the latest returns. back in a moment.

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>> we are back now with cbs news special coverage of election night 2014, republicans will be taking control of the senate in january. charlie rose. >> freshman senator from texas ted cruz was elected two years ago. joins us now. senator cruz let me begin with a question of what we learned about the country tonight. was this a protest against president obama but also a protest with washington with no clear mandate for anybody? >> well, i think it was the american people saying they're unhappy with the direction we're on. and this direction, it hasn't

been going. i mean tonight was an incredible wave election. and it is clear that the obama economy, it isn't working. that millions of people are hurting, and that people are frustrated with the obama stagnation and malaise, and they want congress to work together. they want leadership. now that republicans have won the majority, it's incumbent on us to stand up and lead. and i hope that come january republicans will come to washington with a majority in both houses and we will see bold, positive optimistic leadership focused on economic growth and jobs. >> and speaking of leadership will there be a challenge to mitch mcconnell? >> well i don't think anyone has declared their decision to run that will be the intention of the congress next week and we'll see. >> will you consider it? >> under no circumstances. >> why have you said you were reluctant to vote for mitch mcconnell as majority leader? >> my second guessing of

opposition leaders, they are interested in 92 million americans aren't working and under harry reid and the do-nothing senate the senate wouldn't vote on tax reform on regulatory reform oon anything that would address the suffering. that's why we saw the result tonight and it is a mandate to americans to listen to the people and bring up positive legislation. >> what happens to obamacare? >> i think republicans should do everything humanly possible to stop obamacare. if you look at the races across the country, the two issues that endowmented were stopping obamacare and stopping amnesty. i think we need to follow through on the promises that

republicans made on the campaign trail, to pass legislation appealing obamacare and if president obama vetoes that we should systematically address, passing legislation that says you can't have your health care cancelled, you can't be forced into part time work because of obamacare like so many people have been especially single moms have been hammered by obamacare on that. passing legislation saying no insurance company bailouts against obamacare. teeing those up one at a time, will he listen to the overwhelming views of the american people or will he simply try to veto them one after the other after the other. if he does the latter that will be very much a mistake and i hope he doesn't do that. >> i take it you won't try to shut down the government this time? >> we've gone around and around

and around. i will note that harry reid just lost his job and part of that was because he forced to compromise he refused to negotiates. >> senator i guess i'll ask you the same question i asked you the last time around, if you didn't lead the fight who did? >> harry reid, i voted repeatly to keep it open and he voted to shut it down. i recognize those are his talking points but the facts aren't consistent. >> senator cruz, thank you very much for sharing your thoughts tonight. stay with us more cbs news election coverage including analysis of peggy noonan of the w

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just a few minutes to report local returns. >> for those of us staying with us, we'll be right back. you're watching election night on cbs. and we are back here on cbs news election night. and glad to have peggy noonan and bill daly with us. this turned out to be a huge night for many. >> it was like superstorm sandy. for a day and a half you sort of wait to see if the storm came and all of a sudden, you see the water is rising. you know the storm came and went. >> you are a republican are you suggesting it's going to do the same damage? >> that was an unfortunate metaphor. you're expecting something and then you realize, oh my god.

witnessing something so amazing. illinois sam brownback reelected when nobody expected it, maryland, a republican in deep blue maryland? >> bill daly how does the president reestablish his relevance? >> there is no question, this was a bad night for democrats. there was expectation, it was generally known the democrats expected to lose the senate but there's no doubt as peggy said, there are a couple of races like maryland, kansas and democrats in general kind of revisit exactly what went wrong here. wrong? on your side of it? >> well, i'll tell you what went i don't think. not only did the republicans win those states, they win those states huge. >> as you said earlier nora, really big around these states,

the president of the 24 states, that were up this time, senate states, romney won 19 of them. >> there's colorado and iowa as well. >> absolutely those were bad defeats and they were serious. that's what needs to force along with gubernatorial races, to try to figure out how to do these next two years. very difficult. >> you were his chief of staff. tell us what you think is going on in his mind tonight as he will try to plot how to handle this tomorrow in a press conference? >> this is no question tomorrow that the president in the press conference and the interviews whatever he does to them will be very conciliatory to the republicans. as he said four years ago, we got a shellacking, we might have gotten a little more than a shellacking than we got four years ago. he was a big part of the issue, no question about it. there's no way to deny that.

oarpd, this is -- on the other hand, there is an opportunity here. most sinnics say no way that won't happen, but the republicans have got to show they can govern, have programs and things they want to pass that the american people are for. and that's a very difficult thing in their caucuses, both caucuses house and senate, senator cruz wouldn't say if he was for mitch mcconnell. >> sit more of an obligation for him to compromise? >> i think there's more

>> so tonight, i pledge you this: whether you're a coal miner in eastern kentucky who can't find work or a mom in paduka who didn't understand why the government just took away her health insurance, i've heard your concerns. i've made them my own. you will be heard in washington. >> that was mitch mcconnell the current senate minority leader who after tonight is most likely to be senate majorities leader when the new congress is sworn in. good evening again and for those of you just joining us the headline of the night is: it is a republican sweep. >> that's right. the republicans have won control of both the house and the senate

in the new 114th congress. >> that is something democratic president barack obama hasn't experienced before. he will spend his last two years in office dealing with the opposition party in charge of both house he. >> the republicans could wind up with some biggest house majority since harry truman was president. it is not a time of celebration, he says it is time to start implementing solutions for challenges facing our country. >> most likely in the house they will have gained between 11 and 15 seats. the republicans took the senate by taking seven seats held by the democrats. that is one more than they needed. they won in west virginia, north carolina, iowa, south dakota, arkansas, colorado and montana. >> republican minority leader mitch mcconnell won a of tough

reelection battle, and likely to become majority leader in the senate. >> we were expecting a good night for republicans but this is almost a complete sweep. >> yeah i mean because as we were saying, even their most vulnerable candidates found a way to pull it out. i was very struck by what you said quoting john boehner here. he has been dealing with a republican caucus in the house some of them going off in this direction some going in this direction. mitch mcconnell is going to get a little taste of that and you got a little preview of that when you heard ted cruz just a while ago. ted cruz forced a lot of votes in the senate on republicans mitch mcconnell didn't want those republicans to have to take some of astho tough votes. ted cruz forced him to do it. you're going to have ted cruz, you're going to have rand paul, you're going to have republicans of simple stripes here in the senate and with had they can one of the most fascinatinge

things we saw tonight was what happened in virginia that senate race there, a big surprise, nobody thought that would be close, that democratic warner was going to walk off with that. it was a squeaker. >> he did well in conservative areas and clalg challenged the incumbent up in the northern area of virginia. this is a guy who ran as an outsider, w.h.o. was chairman of the republican party, nobody is part of the establishment more than he is. >> as close as it is, the loser whoever that may be may well ask for a recount in virginia. we may not have virginia decided for some time. john dickerson, what do you make

of virginia? >> it's extraordinary. as you say scott, if the loser loses by less than 1% then he can request a recount. ed gillespie has been a strategist for a long time. it was a amusing in this race, somebody playing coach and quarterback having to actually run and put into practice what he asked other candidates to put into practice. it seems like where he did best was in the exurbs around washington. when we talk about presidential politics, people point to that area of virginia, that a winning coalition that candidate needs to put together. it looks like ed gillespie found that area, that's why it's so close in virginia. >> two million votes cast, less

than 12,000 between them. >> he ran a good campaign, positive, had alternative to what democrats were offering, and he was a good campaigner. a guy who -- >> let's look at what this means, issues that kind of affect them. if the republicans had such a big win tonight they're feeling big, right, about their policies. what's the incentive for them to compromise? >> oh my goodness. there's two years of the obama presidency, ahead of them.i the. i think they would look poorly if they simply allowed nothing to happen. you cannot run america from the congress. you can -- >> but you can make an agenda and an approach clear from congress and i think they have to do that. >> why not well the republicans say we have the largest majority in the house since harry truman.

we won big in the senate, make obama look like the obstructionist. he's only vetoed two bills. >> remember they have to get 60 votes in the senate, democrats started to pass bills, not passed to the president but they would have symbolic votes that are meaningless. the republican house can pass whatever they want. they've proven that. so what? they don't mean anything unless something gets to the president that has a chance to be signed other than statements. they might as well go out and give statements. >> they want to make the republican party be for something rather than against everything. >> for two years the congress has shut down and said 14 is what we're looking for. after the president got reelected the republicans decided we can get the senate back in 14, we don't want to do anything. and democrats are scared to death to hold the majority and did nothing.

>> let me ask you this question bill. harry reid has already announced that he intends to stand for minority leader. it seems to me in the old days when a party lost certainly in a parliamentary form of government, when they loses the leader generally resigns and let somebody else have a hand at it. would the democrats be better off if harry reid stepped aside and elected a new leader? >> i think it's wise to have fresh leadership that put a fresh look on things but you said it, those are the old days. >> do you think the president should use the vice president much more? >> i think the vice president has proved during this administration that he could reach out. lindsey graham was on the phone for an hour with the vice president. he understands the system he gets along and loves the game and he could be an enormous advantage as he has been in this next period are because it's

going to be very tough, first of all because the republicans have to get their act together inside their party and the white house is going to have to deal and i don't think there's anyone better than the vice president to do this. >> peggy noonan? last word from you. >> it's a big night. i think it's going to take a while for everybody to absorb the meaning. this changes the obama administration and ends perhaps the magical period of the obama presidency. second point: we all talk understandably and rightly about the republican party being split, splintered, having dierent wiks, et cetera. it -- wings, et cetera. it occurred to me, they held together very well for this election. the establishment may be about to do a victory dance because they helped pick such impressive candidates. they shouldn't. they should remember they are nothing without their other wings. >> all day long cbs has been

talking to voters as they came out of the polls and anthony mason and gail king have been looking at that for us. >> how did they do? well let's look at three key democratic constituencies, young voters, african americans and hispanics. all critical to obama's voters. 19% two years ago, 13% young. >> gail. >> the republicans doing the happy dance, they managed to get their people out, they energized their base. the numbers here tell a ve different category. in every single category, the numbers are up from 2012 to 2014, most impressive is voters over the age of 65. it was 16% in 2012.

today it was 22%. so it appears that republicans were helped by older more conservative electorate. >> and that's why they gained ground in both houses. scott and nora. >> thank you so much. anthony and gail. in wisconsin, scott walker elected for third time in the state of wisconsin. and dean reynolds is in burlington, wisconsin. deep. >> nora, just looking at some of these statistics from tonight's battle in wisconsin, scott walker would be by just the same margin he won his two previous races for. the needle doesn't move on this guy much. he won older voters. he won just enough independent voters. he won male voters and voters who chose the economy as their number 1 issue. and he won among those that founder that the economy was their number one issue and while

he lacked empathy according to the pollsters they do believe that he is a governor who does things. so the pieces for a presidential race are in place if you will. i mean he's won three times now in a blue state. he is a known fund-raising machine. he is battle-tested now, three races in four years. but there is this one pesky statistic from the exit polls today that a majority of wisconsin voters, the voters who know him well, say he should not run for president. scott, nora. >> all right dean, thank you so much. and we'll have more results and analysis straight ahead but first take a look at the empire state building here in new york. it's bathed in red tonight to mark the republican victory in the house andhe senate. we'll be back with the latest returns in a moment.

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>> welcome back to cbs news is election night. we're going to go to the state of alaska where we have 31% of the vote in. and the republican, as in so much of the cup tonight, the republican is -- country tonight, the republican is leading in the state of alaska. it might be some time before we know which way alaska goes, in alaska they start late and they count late. we are also watching the state of virginia. we've moved over to the area of the newsroom here where we actually look at the numbers and crunch those numbers and the man who does those for us is anthony salvanto. tell us about the virginia senate race. this is a squeaker. >> it is. it surprised a lot of people including us. what we saw out of virginia early on in the night was that mark warner was underperforming

what he had to do up in the areas, around d.c., the exurws, you see typical pattern of how a winning democrat or republican does in any given area of the state. consistently mark warner wasn't getting many votes, it wasn't a turnout issue, he was just losing votes in the shift. he did okay down around richmond and eastern virginia. where we leave this is, we think this is leaning towards him. i think there is maybe 12 or 15,000 votes left there. so that could go to a recount because it's just that close. so we captain make a projection yet. >> so john dicker son, what are the recount rules? we may not know about virginia for a long time. >> if ed gillespie loses by less than 1% he can request a recount. his campaign manager has already been through two recounts in his career so it's almost as if ed

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presidential race and here's what they had to say. we asked who would make a good president. 43% said hillary clinton. 28% said jeb bush, 24% said chris christie, 22% said rand paul and 22% said rick perry. the president spent a lot of time on the campaign trail. what do these results say about 2016 bob? >> i want to talk about tonight and how politics has changed. earlier tonight, rand paul, senator randall paul tweeted out this about hillary clinton. he said you didn't think it could get worse than your book tour, well it did, courtesy of u.s. voters. and it's got a picture of hillary clinton with a lady that challenged mitch mcconnell down there in kentucky. >> and the point he's making is?

>> i guess he's rubbing her nose in it is the point he's making. and it's kind of interesting that someone would find the need to do that. >> that she's not invincible since 2016, she went out and campaigned for candidate after candidate and just about all of them lost. the luster has pretty much worn off of the clintons. which is what he needs to make inroads if he wants to run for president. >> if you look at 2016, you look ea the republican senate win in colorado, the republican senate win in iowa. these were states that president obama won in 2014. he won colorado by 15 points. he won iowa by six points. now they've gone o for republicn senators. that changes the complexion of swing states in this upcoming election. >> we went into the night with

nine battleground states. the reason we call them bad lground -- battle ground states, tom cotton won by 18 points, david perdue won in georgia by eight points, joni ernst by eight points. this is not a squeaker, this is a landslide. >> a thundering herd of senators and large herd of governors. >> you've got scott walker from wisconsin, john kasich of ohio. all of them won big and they're going to throw their names into the presidential hat. >> also what's interested me is how long does the president has to take attention before the entire focus is on 2016. >> is anybody going to try get

anything done for the country between now and then or will they just immediately go into another campaign mode like we've had for the last couple of years where nobody did anything. >> attention shift from barack obama to hillary clinton. >> it's gotten to the point where legislators say, we can't do anything now because it's an election year. we can't do anything now because it's almost an election year. when can you get something done? >> we can wait until after the election. >> and john dickerson what are you seeing in the election results tonight? and the tea leaves for 2016? >> i'm particularly interested in wisconsin. because this was not just a win for scott walker to be reelected, it was a win for the theory. republicans and democrats, whether the party should run as

proud conservatives or whether the party needs to be more strategic and slow-going. scott walker said, i'm going to govern as a conservative and put conservative views into action and the voters will support me. and they have. he's a model and they're going to do it even more now. >> nancy you were talking about the clintons in arkansas. they campaigned for the democratic senate candidate in arkansas and got nothing for it. in their home state. >> but this is not bill clinton's arkansas anymore. this is a state where mar pryor was the lone remaining democratic member of congress. this was a state that went for mitt romney by 24 points. >> but the state had a long relationship with david pryor and his son mark. >> there will be more on cbsnews.com. >> we'll have more with our

interview with chris christie. >> and more on the cbs evening news. >> and welcome back to election night at cbs news headquarters, where we have just witnessed a republican wave election, all across the country. with the republicans taking both houses of congress, for first time in years. president barack obama will be facing the last two years of his presidency with a republican majority in the house and the senate. there you see the senate seats, republicans have gained at least seven, alaska is still counting and might still go for republican as well. >> and of course, as we get new members of congress, there are a lot of interesting ones, nancy that are coming to congress. a lot of firsts out there right? >> right, especially in the house. you have mia love from utah she

could become the first black female in congress, she is leading. and lisa fannick will be the youngest woman from either party. she is a republican. she helped paul ryan with his debate prep and thought i could do this myself. and carl demayo could be the first openly gay member of congress. >> we have been talking to voters all across the country, asking hem for their opinions as they left the polls today and anthony mason and gail king has been following the exit data. >> we are still here, after 1:00 east coast time and glad to be here. we did a lot of talking to people and since we started polling elections, 32 years ago,

back in 2010 mid term election. >> they swung back to president obama and the democrats in 2012 so what's happening today? looks like they're sticking with democrats but only with a margin of 52 to 47%. >> that's not enough to offset the republican candidates with with men, 14 points. >> this had election it was the republican advantage with male voters that enabled the republicans to retain control of congress. >> so when you break down the women's vote single women backed democrats while married women voted republican and it was those married women who made up a larger share of the electorate. you got that scott and nora? >> bob schieffer how do you sum the night up? >> big win for republicans. no doubt about it. president obama was a referendum on his administration. he got blamed for a lot of what people are upset about.

>> four years ago in his mid term he said he got shellacked. he says he's going to think about something other than shellacked. >> he took a whuppin. >> i'm scott pelley. i'll see you tomorrow. we wish you a very g cocoa or eggnog? toasty or frosty?

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