get say the democrats don't a pretty democrats to get but the democrats came up against that old ugly face of white supremacy barry of host: we elected an african-american president and president george w. bush, as in his book what a historic milestone was for the u.s. caller: wow! you may have elected a black president but look around and you you see with him. guest: i would disagree with that caller. we elected a black president and his popularity and job approval rating are as good as or better than bill clinton at this point, or ronald reagan. republicans will have the first two african american members of their house caucus with the new congress that is the first set jc watts left congress for the members of congress that their best for the african-american members of congress because they come from largely liberal and minority districts. they read this of the wave that hurt other democrats. -- they resisted the wave that hurt other democrats. it is true there are less african-americans than 2000 aids. they turned out stronger when obama was on the ballot. we think barack obama w

there are no very democratic districts or moderately democratic district that are held by republicans, and finally, to look at what has changed since 2004. something has changed. there are more democrats representing democratic seats and more republicans representing republican seats. let's talk about the size of the wave. how big was the election? after 2004, republicans had 232 seats. they are likely to have more, 239, but in the neighborhood, a little bit more. we have ranked the last 100 years of midterm elections, and i know michael will tell you about the 1922 elections. he was not there. none of our panelists were born in 1922. i will not check your birth certificates, but 2010 ranked very high. it is certainly the largest gain for an out party in seats in the house. it is much higher than anything we have seen in a couple of generations. the senate is still doing well but not as well as we might have anticipated. if there is one silver lining, it is there are a couple of senate races that kept republican gains probably at 6. governors, there are a couple of outstanding races,

, and it was not republican, it was a democratic idea. expanded government, intrusion into everything, health care, energy, and the republicans did not have a great philosophical answer. all they said was no, and all you had to say was no, and they were rewarded. >> 2/3 of democrats said that the government needs to do more. with the numbers like that, how do you reach consensus? >> like some others are saying, there is a philosophical divide to the republicans and democrats on to issues. i think what really hurts is not only unemployment numbers, but also the question of the deficit, the large numbers. they did not explain why the the buses were necessary given the circumstances. -- why the deficits were necessary given the circumstances. >> the democrats really do need to move center to win, but they also need to appease their base, which wants them to move left. the republicans have an infusion of people who want to move hard right. at the same time, if they do that, they could lose the election. >> who did not show up for democrats, e

not being the democrats. not being the democrats at least in the past two years. that's where the dissatisfaction is. there isn't a republican agenda. i mean what? lower deficit? and tax cuts? and jobs? now those are all sort of all kind of appealing but they're not realistic. >> jobs and lower taxes sounds good to me. i'm not sure it's an embrace of the republican agenda but it's a rejection of the idea that you can borrow your way to pross prosperity. the democrats decided we're going to have a stimulus package and maybe a second stimulus package. we'll accrue $800 billion in debt and that will create enough jobs. the american people have certainly rejected that. it's pretty much a rejection of the obama health care plan. when it was passed people thought it would become more popular. it has not. if you look at the moments when the polls really shifted it was june to august 2009. democrats in june 2009 were hanging in there pretty steady. by august they were well behind. that's been deteriorating since. i d

get say the democrats don't a pretty democrats to get but the democrats came up against that old ugly face of white supremacy barry of host: we elected an african-american president and president george w. bush, as in his book what a historic milestone was for the u.s. caller: wow! you may have elected a black president but look around and you you see with him. guest: i would disagree with that caller. we elected a black president and his popularity and job approval rating are as good as or better than bill clinton at this point, or ronald reagan. republicans will have the first two african american members of their house caucus with the new congress that is the first set jc watts left congress for the members of congress that their best for the african-american members of congress because they come from largely liberal and minority districts. they read this of the wave that hurt other democrats. -- they resisted the wave that hurt other democrats. it is true there are less african-americans than 2000 aids. they turned out stronger when obama was on the ballot. we think barack obama w

good that's the democrats impression of improvement, the democrats are going to lose a lot of jobs on tuesday, in addition to the american people. there's a denial going on as to how bad things are for the democrats. a president with so much hope and promise blew it. >> larry: how about the campaign -- let me get a break and we'll discuss the campaign against him and how vilified the president may have been and the effect it will have on congressional and senate races because he ain't running. >> larry: we're back with our panelists. discussing some of the individual senate races. what do you hear in california, s.e.? barbara boxer and carly fiorina? >> it's a tight one. california will be an interesting one to watch. it might go late. some polls have fiorina up, some have boxer up. it's going to have more implications than local. a lot of people are going to be watching california, a very blue state to see if someone like carly fiorina who comes from the corporate world can unseat a long-term senator who has been much maligned by people on her right. >> mark hill, what do you hear ab

i'm a democrat. is the people that you like your just going to go back to washington and vote against all the key planks of what the parties for comment and think they think question, is it worth having them there. and i think that debate played out somewhat when i was down here in arkansas during the primary where people were saying okay, what does it mean to be a democrat, and what does it mean to be a democrat in a red state or a right-leaning state. i don't think that that debate has been resolved yet. but one thing is hopeful in the book ends with a section on texas, which is you can't just be cyclical. you have to take a long view of the stuff that i think that was one of the sport things that try to get ethics is one of the things obama people have tried and are trying to do which is look long-term, where are the demographics changing works where are the opportunities what you might not get there in four years, but start organizing. texas, tons of electoral votes that if democrats win texas, t

to say that moderate democrats and conservative democrats cost the house of the majority, the democrats the majority in the house, is an absurd argument on its face. in 2006 and in 2008, chuck schumer and rahm emanuel went about building a democratic majority, getting back to house and senate. a basically every single seat that democrats picked up in 2006 and 2008 in the more difficult purple and red districts in the state, those are gone now. the so, the argument that somehow democrats can purge themselves, only had a small, liberal caucus, don't need moderate and blue dogs, if that mindset takes hold, what it means is democrats will be a long-term minority party for decades to come. host: if you don't want the mind set to take hold, why not have a more moderate thinking type person likes any hoyer as your minority leader for the party rather than -- or keep schuler? guest: i just think in washington you deal with political reality. the boats are done. it is already lined up. it is going to most likely be pelosi, hoyer, clyburn. in the end, here is the core question. does nancy pelosi

>> and democrats were very happy in 2006 to take conservative democrats, many pro life, many pro gun,losi the speaker. we will be happy to take a few more. >> they can't just stick to an obama strategy. the game shifts. that's what the white house is banking on. they have to start taking responsibility and putting plans forward. what the president needs to do after the election, if the republicans control one of the house is say, okay, let's talk about the areas we can agree on. >> and the big issue will be for republicans, how can you keep pushing this whole notion of extending the bush tax cuts and then you say get the deficit under control? they're going to have to answer that question. >> and here's how republicans do it. mr. president, which economy would you like to grow? washington's or america's we would like to take this much out of washington's economy to grow america's economy. how about you? >> we get the same tax cuts contributed to the deficit? there were an important eight years republicans had a hand in place. >> no, no. >> did they play a role in the increase in the d

in 2006 when democrats swept into control of the house, independents split 57% for democrats, 38%, sorry, 39% for republicans. 2010 the exact flip, 56% of independents went to republicans 38% went to democrats. that right there is the biggest story of the election. >> ifill: who are these independents? >> they claim to be moderate, sort of in the middle of the road. they live in the suburbs, they live throughout the midwest, they live obviously throughout the whole country. but they're not your partisan rabble rousers, they are the swing vote. so in 2006 and 2008 when things were going the democratic way it was because they had ins on their side. the president and the democratss with the spending, the deficit issues that was top of mind, economy and jobs, lost, communicating to independent voters lost their ability to sway them to their cause. >> ifill: so they were saying do something about my under water mortgage, do something about the jobless rate and they were not getting that answered. >> you couldn't be more spot on. 41% of the voters that went to the polls yesterday said they are

a democratic sweep in california. what jerry brown and barbara boxer are saying about their big wins in one of the toughest elections in history. plus.. one of the most talked about propositions on the state ballot .. goes up in smoke. and.. fans already lining up to welcome our new world series champions. we'll have a preview of the giant's big homecoming parade. join us for cbs 5 early edition ... beginning at five. ,,,, >>> on the "cbs morning news," a look at today's weather. storms heading eastward through the gulf coast states. they could bring flooding rains an gusty winds. scattered showers linger over the great lakes and it's nothing but sunshine on the western half of the country. >>> as we've reported republicans are celebrating a big victory in the 2010 midterm elections. the party picked up more than enough seats to take control of the house. but, it fell short in the senate. joel brown has more. >> reporter: voters seeking change handed the gop control of the house. ohio republican john boehner is set to

democrats do not agree. they are not running on health care. >> a lot of them are. >> a lot of them are not. in your state, there's only one democrat in a toss-up race who is actually defending his health care vote. the president was stumping for. >> jerry connelly? >> is he actually defending his -- >> absolutely. >> in toss-up races across the country, they are not standing up for health care. >> dnc chair, you can pick out democrats who are not running on health care, but the overwhelming majority of candidates that i'm standing up with are proud of the party, proud of the president, proud of the accomplishments and they are thrilled they have reformed a health care system to stop insurance company abuses, make sure that young people can stay on family policies until age 26, help seniors and small businesses. if they stand up a democrat and say they're against it, that will be newsworthy. all the democrats out there campaigning for it, that's not so newsworthy. >> governor, you're saying there's a majorit

dan mullet is the democrat, -- dan malloy is the democrats. the republican should have won by 10,000 votes. host: we have to leave it there. guest: christopher shays was replaced. president obama visited jim district and he was in trouble. jim hines said republicans were probably going to win at the house. it looks like he will pull that one out. as far as accusations and ballot-stuffing, they will not can see if there is something credible there. some seats may not be determined until two weeks. host: michigan, independent line. caller: i think is not a part of republican or democrat or independent. i think the officials need to do what they say they will do. give us jobs. guess where we need to be a pyrrhic if they are not going to get us where we need to be -- get us where we need to be. we are looking for change. we are looking for jobs. we are looking to better our economy. we are looking to better ourselves as a nation. host: what is one thing you would like to see the congress do? caller: i would like to see the congress work on the eco

i think the republicans won because they were not democrats. there is no doubt as a republican idea that comes out of the selt --here is no galvanizing republican idea that comes out of this election. >> for the record, in addition to taking over the house and never win the majority in the senate, republicans -- narrowing the majority in the senate, republicans now control many state legislatures. >> the change in the state legislatures is historic. in the watergate year, the democrcric sweep was 630 could there waa galvanizing idea in this election, and it was not republican, it was a democratic idea. expanded government, intrusion into everything, health care, energy, and the republicans did not have a great philosophical answer. all they said was no, and all you had to say was no, and they were rewarded. >> 2/3 of democrats said that the government needs to do more. with the numbers like that, how do you reach consensus? >> like some others are saying, there is a philosophical divide to the republicans and democrats on to issues. i think wha

rand paul defeats democrat jack conway. in delaware, democrat chris coons defeats christine o'donnell for joe biden's old seat. and in new hampshire, republican kelly ayotte defeats democrat paul hodes. republicans need to capture 10 democratic seats to take control of the senate and so far they've picked up two. in the house, it's still very early in the counting, but the republicans have won a handful of democratic seats. they need a net gain of 39 to take control. we have our cbs news election team deployed at key locations across the country and here at election headquarters and first we turn to congressional correspondent nancy cordes. as we mentioned, republicans in the senate have picked up two seats so far, they need eight more. >> reporter: that's right, katie. democrats are breathing a bit of a sigh of relief after holding on to connecticut but there are so many other states across the map here that are danger zones for them. you can see all these states outlined in blue are all seats where democrats are at risk o

good that's the democrats impression of improvement, the democrats are going to lose a lot of jobs on tuesday, in addition to the american people. there's a denial going on as to how bad things are for the democrats. a president with so much hope and promise blew it. >> larry: how about the campaign -- let me get a break and we'll discuss the campaign against him and how vilified the president may have been and the effect it will have on congressional and senate races because he ain't running. let me tell you about a very important phone call i made. when i got my medicare card, i realized i needed an aarp... medicare supplement insurance card, too. medicare is one of the great things about turning 65, but it doesn't cover everything. in fact, it only pays up to 80% of your part b expenses. if you're already on or eligible for medicare, call now to find out how an aarp... medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company, helps cover some of the medical expenses... not paid by medicare part b. that can save you from paying up to thousands of dollars...

too much for many democrats. it is not what they wanted to focus on. >> as a veteran -- let me congratulate you on an outstanding presentation today. could you talk a little bit about the supporting cast, what were the strengths and weaknesses of carter's cabinet, his relations with the cabinet and his vice-president? >> he has two sides of his team. the most famous side is the georgia mafia, the group of people who had been with him since 1966 when he runs for congress unsuccessfully, ranging from people like hamilton, his political mastermind, david axelrod of the carter era who puts together the plan for 1976 and constantly thinking of the political implications and everything that happens. to eisenstaedt who is a domestic political adviser and also back in georgia to -- he bring them in. some have problems adjusting to washington. some don't have a smooth transition from what politics was like in georgia. carter was more familiar with the train. we are used to people he was interacting with to washington. the

democrats do going in here.do have the former congressman in kasich. they were hoping that his attachment tolyman brothers would be a big drag on him. the whole collapse of the economy. they tried to pin that on him. that did not have as much traction as the democrats hoped. ted strickland is suffering under an economically bruised midwest state like ohio. >> ifill: we should say it's to nobody's surprise they've declared a winner in the senate race and that's rob portman former trade commissioner under president bush and now apparently the senator-elect. let's go to virginia. a little district tom, the president tried to campaign on his behalf. his first time... first-term incumbent returning against two other people. >> well the republican and state ten tore robert hurt and jeffrey clark is the independent candidate in the case. the district stretches from charlotte all the way south to the north carolina border. it has traditionally been viewed as a conservative district but perriello voted with the president

good that's the democrats impression of improvement, the democrats are going to lose a lot of jobs on tuesday, in addition to the american people. there's a denial going on as to how bad things are for the democrats. a president with so much hope and promise blew it. >> larry: how about the campaign -- let me get a break and we'll discuss the campaign against him and how vilified the president may have been and the effect it will have on congressional and senate races because he ain't running. >> larry: we're back with our hi. well, this is where it all starts at regions. where we build each of o customers a better banking experience. here, we're working on something really speci in our family department. hey, mike. hey, sam. (rings bell) bell works. love that bell! regions recognizes the unique needs of families. and we want to make su y have exactly what u ed - from the right checking account, to a mortgage, to loans for just about anything. those are for the kids, mike. so if you're ready for a bank that can give your family the financial freedom you want, switch to regions. >> lar

democratic officials believe that he has the lead to win, 8 to 10,000 more democrats have voted than republicans and democrats say there is no sign of enthusiasm gap. but republicans insist not so fast. democrats would have voted in bigger numbers right now if reid was going to win. they are predicting an historic turnout on election day and they will take this in victory. privately they are just incredibly nervous about this one. and 14% in nevada, a huge issue, what were the last minute get out to vote campaign efforts that you saw today? >> i saw phone banks going on, republican people canvassing, going door to door, even using technology that is new. the basic emphasis is to get as many of your guys out to vote. they are not focusing. they are not trying to persuade people who haven't made up their mind. they don't have time for that. they want to make sure that the true blue democrats and republicans need to do what they need to do and go and vote because this could be close enough, that each one of those matters, wolf. >> that's what the poll suggests, a very close race. 45 hou

tom perriello is one of those democrats -- a wave of freshmen and sophomore democrats being beaten tonighthe was a full-throated supporter of president's agenda. the president campaigned for him. so this is a big blow for the white house. in the midwest the republicans have already picked off two democratic seats including this one in the ninth district. baron hill. he was elected in 2006. he was a blue-dog democrat, katie, fiscally conservative but that wasn't enough to save him. he's defeated by todd young who was endorsed by sarah palin and who is a tea party member. >> couric: this tea party wave may in fact wash away many of the gains that the democrats made in 2006 and 2008. >> reporter: that's right, katie. take a look at this. this is particularly significant. you see this one up in the east. that doesn't seem like much but it's in new hampshire -- right now the republicans don't have a single seat in all of new england. frank guinta, another tea party republican defeats incumbent carol shea-porter. >> couric: joined by bob schieffer and jeff greenfield, two of the sharpest politic

congressman garra mendy, 18% say stick to the democratic line, this is democrats talking, democratic voters, 59% compromise. what do you think? >> of course we must compromise. >> have you been doing it for two years? have you been doing it for two years or just -- >> chris, you know there's been major efforts to do just that it was the republicans who absolutely refused to work with anything, even such things as ending tax breaks for american corporations that shift jobs offshore. the republican reese fused to sport end of those tax breaks they can want more jobs shipped offshore, little thing things and big things, no support, no compromise from them. yes, we will compromise, we always have you take a look at those major pieces of legislation, each one of those is a compromise and significantly, in my view, weakened in the compromise that it can tuque place in the senate. >> congresswoman edwards, is it right when the 59% say comp promise or 18% right say hold your position, stay liberal, stay progressive? >> the public is right they want us to get something done, not for us or the

whoted arlee democratic nomination. now we've got a republican net gain of five out of the ten that the republicans need to... needed to get control of the senate. there are only a few left. patty murray is one. e've justbeenalking about inrc state of washington. of course harry reid. and in colorado. in terms of those that are... and illinois. so there's one, two three, four. even if they win all four of them, there still wouldn't be ten because the great mathematical mind that i have, that adds up to nine. did you follow that, mark? >> it means they only have 37 (laughing) only get to 49. >> lehrer: the polls have turned out to be exactly correct. the polls said the republicans would get the house big time. very close. but the democrats would maintain control of the senate. impediment to getting things going. a lot of interesting things in california which we'll be analyze for a long time to go. >> woodruff: we love doing the analyzing. spencer, we thank you. >> thank you, judy. >> lehrer: that ends our pbs newshour e

well my, democrats. good morning. -- wilma, democrats. caller: let me say first, the first three sentences out of your mother was a breath of fresh air. i see that you are trying to be fair and balanced. let's say that you have a house and you are still living in it while you are doing construction on the other part of the house. that is what it seems like the president is trying to do. he is trying to renovate a house while we are living in it. i do not think the people are getting the message that we have to live in this house as we are restoring it. guest: i think barack obama -- my wife says that he was a war start test for everybody. they saw in him what they wanted. they thought that he would be a centrist pragmatist. people certainly start looking at the architecture of the plan that he is working on, and they see tripling of the national debt, a health-care system that will explode in cost. it will not reduce the deficit. talk to says iti will explode the cost. this is a right-center country. the structure, what it looks like obam

a democrat, mayor ever of denver popular moderate democrat. you have a kind of the ultimate tea party candidate dan mays running as the republican nominee. and challenging him saying this guy is unelectable he had background problems is former congressman tom tancredo running on the american constitution party ticket. he has pulled so much support from the republican party and from the republican ticket that at this point in some polls he's even with the democrat in a race that everybody thought tancredo and mays would split the conservative vote. >> woodruff: we are going to be watching both of them as best we can tell right now. i just looked at some numbers with 5% of the precincts report sog it's very early. it looks like the democrat in the senate race michael bennett the incumbent who was appointed is running 51 to 44% ahead of ken buck the republican but again it's very early. why is that race so close? it would be interesting to know where the 5% of voters are coming from because as you mentioned that was pulling as the tightest race i

, and it was not republican, it was a democratic idea. expanded government, intrusion into everything, health care, energy, and the republicans did not have a great philosophical answer. all they said was no, and all you had to say was no, and they were rewarded. >> 2/3 of democrats said that the government needs to do more. with the numbers like that, how do you reach consensus? >> like some others are saying, there is a philosophical divide to the republicans and democrats on to issues. i think what really hurts is not only unemployment numbers, but also the question of the deficit, the large numbers. they did not explain why the the buses were necessary given the circumstances. -- why the deficits were necessary given the circumstances. >> the democrats really do need to move center to win, but they also need to appease their base, which wants them to move left. the republicans have an infusion of people who want to move hard right. at the same time, if they do that, they could lose the election. >> who did not show up for democrats, e

people didn't vote for the democratic party because they loved democrats.e furious with republicans over the iraq war, over republican corruption. it was a wave election. and the democrats could have had a lot of progressives in those swing districts who could have gotten elected. many progressives did get elected in conservative districts that people say can never happen. alan grayson did, carol shay porter in new hampshire, jerry mcanerny in california. these were solid progressives who ran as unapologetic progressives who won and removed republican incumbents. the problem was the dccc wanted to follow this advise that the country hates liberalism, democrats must move to the right. and they forced a bunch of former republican broo dogs into those seats when they could have had progressives in there and they built in huge majority with people that don't share the democratic views when it would have been better to have a cohesive majority that could have gotten more done for the american people. >> knowing the congressional district map as you do in the 50

this is a lot of democrats. -- this is about democrats. the republican party in this poll was no higher than the standing points in 2008. this is about democrats. it is about democrats crashing and coming down to the same level of republicans. it is pretty remarkable that you had an eight. defeat for democrats and the selection, but in terms of the party id, the same people talking to the exit poll questioners are coming out even on party identification. in the previous election a similar thing on which ran a landslide in the other way. people were making a very discerning discriminating choice. they're upset with democratic governance. this is not about people liking the agenda or a bithe republican party. they are very discerning and hoin how they are interpreting e message. this was a senior selection. seniors participated in the extraordinary level and this election. they constituted a 7 point rise in the proportion of senior spirit and thi. denver voters almost drop out. -- younger voters almost dropped out. medicare, the charges abou

the democrats only. i think if you will look at the school system to run the country that are really weak -- the inner cities like detroit, chicago -- and i have been to those school systems in another occupation i had, and they are just horrible. and continue to do the same thing over and over to support the nea. i think it is a bad choice. the comment i have is the only way you would change education or make a better and improve it and get back to where it used to be, do have to get the police officers out of the school system. what would you do about giving principals and superintendents back the powers of bacon control the kids? guest: thank you for the call and more importantly, thank you for dedication to students. it is an admirable profession and would thank you for your service to students. the nea is bipartisan. this year we have supported several republicans as well as democrats and independents. lisa murkowski running as a write-in candidate, she has been a champion of rural education and the

martin on the democratic line. martin, you probably know this -- the governor's race in that state has been called. john kitzhaber wins that race. caller: i think this is a long- term problem, starting with former president george h. w. bush's new world order, where he wanted to level the playing field and we had the most to lose. our jobs are being exported out of the country. i just wonder what sort of hope we can find to bring jobs back. host: jeannine aversa, what is happening on capitol hill, or what cld be happening on capitol hill to address that issue? guest: that is a good question. the bush-era tax cuts that expire a the end of this year, decisions have to be made on that pier there is a feeling amongst some economists that if the bush-era tax cuts are not extended, the economy could be in trouble because tax rates tax bills for virtually everyone will go up and the economy could suffer as a result. there are various pieces out there -- extending unemployment benefits that are due to expire for millions o

this is about democrats, democrats coming down to the same level. it is remarkable that you have an eight-point defeat, and of the same people talking to the exit poll questioners, coming out even. people are making a very discerning message. they are sending a message. this is not about the washington agenda or the republican party. they are very discerning in how they are interpreting their message. there are some things that you cannot expect to continue. this was a seniors' election. it was a seven-point rise. young voters also dropped out, almost half of the numbers they had in the last election. it is no doubt that this is self-care related, very specific to this election. do not assume them the other elections will of this kind of composition. young voters are going to be back, i promise you. it is not known that the medicare issue will play out the same way. it is republicans putting medicare cuts on the table going forward. do not assume this was a future. -- it is for the future. by the way, the exact same thing happened in 1994. but first

and i am a democrat. i'm proud to be a democrat.e supported making sure that we have a strong social security system. i don't believe in the republicans paying to privatize social security, to privatize medicare, so slash programs. we have a safety net in this country. the market can't decide evything. i don't have a law degree. i'm an mba guy. i've worked in the business world. but i think at the same time a district like mine, there are some things, some investments, education and infrastructure that the democratic party has always supported. so i'm not a republican. i certainly have very good friends in the republican party. my colleague from oklahoma, delegation. but at the same time, it's good for oklahoma that we have at least one democrat. i think it's good for the country that we have moderates, particularly in the democratic party, to move us to the center. host: gail, republican caller in belgrade, maine. welcome. caller: good morning, congressman. congratulations on your election. you sound like a reasonable man. guest: t

one the reasons why the democrats faired so poorly this year, they didn't -- so many democrats didn'turn out to vote. they lost. it was the enthusiasm gap really that helped the republicans. they are going to have to combat that. so is obama. he can't stir up the base if he's not moving in the direction of a liberal agenda. but on the other hand, if you look at the poll and look at the results on tuesday, the independents switched this year. instead of voting for, you know, the democrats they really went heavily in favor of republicans. 2012 is going to boil down to the independent vote. who are they going to vote for? he has to be mindful of independent voters and they are speaking loud and clear right now that they really are not in favor of what he's been doing. so i think the obama administration has a real challenge right now to try to figure out how to get him elected. and i think a second term could be in jeopardy by looking at the results on tuesday. >> one the things the republicans didn't like, they didn't move in direction, in terms of what they called in the election polls

anke to all of the democrats. -- thanks to all of the democrats who fought for what they believed thenhanks to all the service members. host: we have looked at kentucky, ohio, arkansas, wisconsin, colorado, nevada. washington state, california, the governors' races and the governors. all the speeches are available on our website. you can join the conversation with those on twitter and facebook. you can send us your comments here as well. margaret is joining us from pennsylvania. good morning. caller: i think that united states has spoken. host: we are getting feedback in that one, we're going to carolina. caller: this whole election smells to me of almost intergenerational warfare. i think the so-called greatest generation and the silent generation are sticking it to the boomers once again. george bush said in the early 2000's, people over 50 don't have to worry about such security. now there are these groups that are 60 + that saying that people over 60 don't have to worry about social security. they have stolen the treasury, the trust funds, the surplus in 2000 was also security and

slightly democratic. finally, we have a look at what has changed since 2004. is it back to the future? have we transported ourselves back in time to after the 2004 election? in some ways, the numbers will not be so different. it is a little bit more for republicans and a little bit less in the senate. but there's more polarization. let's start with the size of the wave. how big was this election? you can look at these numbers and i will focus on the house. after the 2004 election, republicans had 232 seats. they are likely to have a little bit more than what you see up there, two hundred 39 seats, because there are 11 undecided. we rank the last 100 years of midterm elections. none of our panelists were born in 1922. i will not check your birth certificates. but 2010 ranks very high. it is the largest gain for an out party for seats in the house. that number action depends a little bet on some of these races. it is much higher than anything we have seen in the last couple of generations. the senate electi

hope and change put democrats in the white house. series of miscalculations cost them control of the house. >> i think the expectations were so high, i don't think there's any way that anyone could have met them. >> the president's economic team was led by larry summers, and while i think they-- they knew things were going to get bad, i don't think they were aware they were going to be as bad as they turned out to be. in fact, they predicted that the highest unemployment would go would be 8%. >> you think we'll see unemployment actually get to 10%? >> i don't think so, bob. >> reporter: what the president's chief of staff, rahm emanuel, believed was that the stimulus package would work and the economy would start to turn around in the beginning of 2010. >> couric: the $800 billion package consisted of public works projects, aids to states and tax breaks but the republicans wanted the tax cut to go even further. >> the house republican leadership met with president obama at the white house. they brought a few ideas to the president, i

you have the whole midwest by job loss and democrats have a vested interest, because five democratic senators are up in 2012. the country needs it, both political parties need it. >> feingold was over taken by a republican who never run for office before, who had a wonderful white chalk board and on it he wrote the number of lawyers in the senate, 57. the number of businessmen was zero. he said they need a businessman. that resounded -- >> can i offer something here, too? i think feingold lost because he wouldn't take pack money. you can't be too pure. he needed more money and refused to take corporate money and there he is. >> you notice that feingold was also out of town on one of president obama's visits. you remember that? >> the president was not popular and the votes he needed to win. >> he showed up at e university of wisconsin with obama, too. i think he was almost too pure for his own good. and i love him. >> you think in many races, the democrats were not comfortable with president obama being in their district? >> of course. he did not go where he wasn't wanted. >> i know

when you have -- show the democrats -- sure, the democrats are going to lose. the bad thing is that you are stacking the deck. it is like all the conversation is right-wing. that is not what c-span is supposed to be about. whatever you believe, you know the democrats are going to lose some seats, but this is not what c-span is supposed to be about. >> you're in luck because susan is following me, joining us around 9:00 p.m. eastern. where is the right-wing agenda? >> come on, steve. >> give us an example, randy. >> come on, steve. i have been calling you guys. >> i understand. where is the right-wing agenda? >> the washington journal -- it is like a broad brush. let's say the washington journal. it has the quickest group pushing this agenda -- the right-wing agenda. then there is greta and peter. you are the ring-leader. there is susan, rob, pedro -- they seem so objectives. they do not push that. they just do what they do. >> we will let you go. thank you for calling. any comment? >> i think the frame that we're putting on this evening that the caller is react

democrats were angry. democrats were better. democrats felt that president bush lied about the war in iraq and lied about getting the u.s. military involvement. the republicans never felt that way. they thought things were going to work out. the longer we went into the bush administration, the more they side. -- sighed. it did not work out. two years later when we have turned the corner, only 14% said their family situation has improved. there were different reactions in the electorate because there were different reactions among --reactions to the president. we just had an election where republicans were really important and independence were important. they were motivated by different things. it is important to know that sometimes people get on television and say the election was about jobs. it was about doubt for some people. or republicans, this election was not about jobs. if you are a conservative republican, you did not go out to vote with the in the enthusiasm you said you were going to have that you told pollsters -- he

i think people are upset at democrats and republicans. democrats are in power. unemployment rate unofficially is close to 10%, probably unofficially closer to 20%. 53% of the population according to the "washington post" this week said that every month they worry about whether or not they're going to be able to afford the mortgage or the rent. that's the mood of the country. so the democrats were there and that's what happened. >> why didn't they sell something? an extraordinary health care bill, whatever you think of it as, the first one in a hundred year, and i think 85% of the population got a tax decrease. >> mm-hmm. >> larry: what was the anger? >> the -- well, first of all, the health care bill, and there are many good things about that bill though it didn't go nearly as far as i wish it had gone. >> larry: better than before. >> absolutely better because if you have a kid that's 25 years old, they can still be on your health insurance plan, et cetera. too much of the new health care bill doesn't take effect until 2014, so people didn't feel the immediate

should the democrats compromise?ant to compromise into next year so they can have the fight with the new members, but the reality is that this is really a core argument between the two parties, and one that i think both parties welcome. >> but the democrats, had they been smart, could have framed this 2% issue prior to the election. they weren't able to get their act together on that. they won't during this session, and i can guarantee the republicans aren't going to send it shall that way to the president. i think they extend them all at this point. nobody wants to be held accountable if the economy doesn't recover for raising taxes. >> one real wild card question i want to throw out, before it's too late, very quickly, khalid shaikh mohammed, the question of whether his trial should be in new york. it still seems out there. will we figure this out over the next week or two? any idea? >> i don't think so. i think it kicks down the road as well, as they try to figure out where they can try him or hold him indefinitel