that will require democrats and republicans to come together to look for the best ideas to move things forward. it will not be easy. that is not just because democrats and republicans may have different priorities as we were just discussing when it comes to how we structure tax cuts, but because these issues are hard. the republicans throughout the camp and said they are concerned about debt and deficits. one of the most important things we can do for debt and deficits as economic growth. what other proposals to they have to grow the economy? if they are rejecting some of proposals i have made? i want to hear from them what affirmative policies can make a difference in terms of encouraging job growth and promoted the economy? . i don't think that tax cuts alone, are going to be a recipe for the kind of expansion we need. from 2001-2009, we cut taxes produce it mckinley and we did not see the kind of expansion that will be necessary in terms of driving the unemployment rate down significantly. what the american people want is to mix and match ideas and move forward on ideas we agree on

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 of losing tonight and they're particularly worried about a handful of them. pennsylvania, the ultimate swing state. illinois, the president's former seat. colorado, one of the

those are the most democratic seats that republicans hold. if you look at what john kerry won, they are all held by democrats. >> thank you for a much for that. it segued into the commentary i want to make which is why what could have been a mild wave turn into a historic tsunami. i discussed the intellectual forces at work in a piece i wrote online that appeared a day before the election, so i would encourage you to take a look at that. i want to focus more on the nuts and bolts. there are two types of seats that swung back. there are the seats picked up by democrats. many of them slipped back into the republican pattern this time, but the others are seats dominated by the group i have been talking about, and that is the white working class. i want to focus on that and see what happened. according to the polls, the white working-class voted for republicans by 69%. this was much stronger than any other group. republicans carried whites with college degrees by 18 points, but that becomes even more striking when you compare that to the 2008 poll

democratic. why does it matter what the republican or democrats voted? you look to see where republicans pick up seats. it is dramatic. i picked this off many moons ago. it was on cq politics. i guess i should advertise our stuff it. congressional districts split between john mccain and the democrats two years ago. there are 48 districts going into november's elections where mccain one, a but -- but voters voted democratic. republicans have already won 36 out of the 48. just think of that. there was a reservoir of republican district represented by a democrat where republican voters had voted democratic. two years later, the same republican -- republican voters said, i get up. i am voting republican. some of these democrats they had voted for only recently. these are republicans who voted for the democrats. often they voted just the way the district wanted. but they said, we are sorry. we want to change washington. we have to change washington and that means you are opposed. goodbye. we have seen this before. we saw this in the example i have already used

and republicans, 42% of the men bolted -- voted for democratsots for the republicans 48% -- 49% to 48%. >> the denver gap as we know it began around 1980 with the first -- gender gaps began in 1980 with the election of ronald reagan. you still see that gender gap. they could only get an even split from women. >> between 18 to 29 years of age, 57% voted for democrats and 40% or republicans. the republicans had the edge, and a significant age among the elderly, those over the age of 65. >> we have seen all year in the polling that older americans, 65 and older, have been the most resistant to health care reform. they have been the most resistant to barack obama's pat -- obama's erhaps presidency. young people continue to be the democratic party's best age group. this goes back to 2004 when the 18 to 29 age group was john kerry's best 8 group. our young people voted republican. the majority of them went for democrats. looking ahead, young people seem to be sticking with the democrats even though they have been hurt by the recession. host: in mother

republicans or democrats? >> guest: i think you'd have to ask them. >> guest: i would agree with howard. i'd rather you ask them. next question. >> host: i guess i does get us into a laptop with was happy with a subcommittee of full committee leadership. do you see there been any drastic changes? we've heard candidates by shimkus, but didn't, leaving to veterans affairs. any other host of names including walden who was once on the committee and gave up his spot. do you think those candidates -- i know you can't speak to the individual is he just said, but do you think those candidates represent different -- very strikingly different views on issues we talked about or do you see them all being in a similar camp so much so it's safe to say no matter which one of them does take up a subcommittee will see a slightly different role for the subcommittee, like as he said leasing the fcc, tiki barber vaccinate. >> host: just to further tony's question, does it matter if productiveness chair or joe barton or cliff stea

the 72-year-old democrat defeated republican meg whitman, who spent $160 million on the race. most of it her own money. brown also served as california's governor from 1975 through 1983. >>> president obama and the democrats focused on younger voters before the election. but our exit polls show the majority of midterm voters were 45 years or older. just an estimated 11% of tuesday's ballots were from voters age 29 or younger. exit polls also show 28% of the voters consider themselves independent. republicans and democrats showed up in what appear right now to be equal numbers. >>> another interesting finding from our exit polls. 41% of voters said their financial situation is worse now than it was two years ago. and they favored republicans by nearly 30%. ron claiborne took a look at final efforts to reach those voters and what they say they really want. >> happy election day! >> go, meg, go! >> good morning. >> reporter: election day 2010. the candidates of course pronounced their optimism. >> we're looking forward to victory tonight. >> reporter: there were final rallies. sen

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 hours to the first polls close on the east coast. 7:00 p.m. eastern. tuesday night. w

currently 26 democratic governors, 23 republicans and one independent. now beginning in january, there will be 15 democratic governors, 27 republicans, and one independent. and in the the political this money, this article. gop poised to take redistricting prize. guest: the legislatures and governors played a tremendous role how congressional seats, how the districts are redrawn. now is the time to do that. that sets the stage for the balance of power in congress for the next 10 years. that is a pretty devastating blow for democrats. even more so for the president is he lost democratic governors in key swing states. in 2012 -- ohio, florida, new mexico. he held onto nevada, which was important. but these are very difficult signs for the -- president, looking at the map in 2012. not having democratic governors and even members of congress in these states. host: two democratic members who spoke out against nancy pelosi -- gene taylor, mississippi, jim marshall, georgia, both went down. guest: i think we will be studying how those moves played. we will study

republicans. they fell out of love with democrats. they may have voted to send more republicans to washington, they are sending them here with clear marching orders. very clear marching orders. stop the big government freight train. churchill once said courage is what it takes to stand up and speak. i cannot think of a better way to look at these elections than that. this morning i would like to talk a little bit more about how we got here and the task ahead. i wanted to do it at the heritage foundation because heritage has played a crucial role in promoting and defending the principle of free enterprise, limited government, freedom, and a strong defense. the very principles the american people voted to uphold in tuesday's historic election. first, how we got here. lets cast ermines back to a early 2009. i think the cover of "newsweek" sums up the conventional wisdom in washington at that time. this was the headline. "we are all socialist now." i will note that "newsweek" was recently sold for less than a single price of the magazine.

of 81% of democrats support the president's health care law. republicans 93% to 3% oppose the health care law. a majority of independents, 51 percent to 39% oppose it. 80% of democrats do not want to repeal it. 87% of republicans do. 57 to 31, independent support repeal and replaced. i will tell you that some of the other: we have done tells you why independents and republicans are so negative on it. despite all of the debate, overwhelming majority of americans believe that the obama health care law is going to increase their health-care costs. american people have told us repeatedly over the last four years that controlling health- care costs is the number one priority. the number one priority was expanding coverage, not controlling costs. you have this huge debate doing exactly opposite of what most americans wanted, which was controlling health-care costs. you have overwhelming majority of americans to believe the health care law will increase their health-care costs, increased health insurance premiums, increase their taxes, increase the deficit, and h

and that is going to require democrats and republicans to come together and look for the best ideas to move things forward. it will not be easy. not just because the democrats and republicans may have different priorities, as we were just discussing when it came to how we structure tax cuts. but because these issues are hard. you know, the republicans throughout the campaign said they are very concerned about that and deficits. well, one of the most important things we could do for a debt and deficits is economic growth. what other proposals to they have to grow the economy? if, in fact, they're rejecting some of the proposals i have made, i want to hear from them. what affirmative policies can make a difference in terms of encouraging job growth and promoting the economy? because i do not think that tax cuts alone are going to be a recipe for the kind of expansion that we need. from 2001 to 2009, we said taxes pretty significantly, but we did not see the kind of expansion that will be necessary in terms of driving the unemployment rate down significantly. i think what we're going to n

democrats picked up at least two seats but at least 10 republicans are replacing democrats in key states. some of those governors may play important rolls in redrawing congressional districts and the next battle for the white house in 2012. sandra hughes reports. >> reporter: money did not buy victory for california republican meg whitman. >> tonight has not turned out quite as we had hoped. we've come up a little short. >> reporter: she spent $142 million of her personal fortune running for governor but lost to democrat jerry brown. >> -- build for the future. and that's what it's all about. >> reporter: whitman, the former ceo of ebay hoped to have a political celebration tonight but voters went with experience over the political novice. jerry brown has already been california's governor back in the 1970s and '80s. >>> in new york democrat cuomo claimed victory for the race for a job once held by his father but republicans made gains in at least eight states, including pennsylvania and ohio, two political battle grounds. in south carolina and early endorsement from sarah palin boosted

more republicans are voting today than democrats. that's going to tell us what we've been seeing all along about that enthusiasm gap. the republicans were more hungry and eager to get to the polls and vote. if we see that in these exit polls as true we will know that that is part of this wave, that the republican electorate showed up in a way that the democrats did not. >> ifill: what we know for sure is that the economy is in a place in 2006 where it.... >> exactly. the second party equation david is right about the first part. the second is independent voters, swing voters who are as you point out very sensitive to the economy. the republicans are concerned about health care and cap-and-trade and the size of government. but for independents, for swing voters it is really about jobs and do they swing back to the republicans as many people suggest they would. >> ifill: we'll be talking all night. see you later. >> ifill: coming up, we have much more on the news of this election day, plus banning violent video games for children. but f

that is rigged against us in several ways there are state laws regarding ballot access that democrats and republicans have passed together to privilege themselves to privilege their own planets while hindering the ability of all the parties and independents to participate in the democratic process we need to get those laws overturned and we need to make the us a multi-party democracy the only real democracy is a multi-party democracy and still ahead for you in the program over a barrel jailed for oil tycoon convicted of stealing billions could see his sentence extended in a case that's fueling debate find out more as our team brings you the latest from the courtroom and beyond and also. from within the sensory training for the station itself did not exist we would name a news we would know exercise machine it's ten years since the pioneering crew aboard the international space station find out firsthand how the facility has changed and what the future holds for mankind's gateway to the final frontier. now russia has started delivering free guns and admonition to arm the afghan police the first aircra

why you should vote for the democrats or republicans. the current majority leader and minority leader of the house of representatives, steady hoyer says first and "usa today." moving forward with democratic policies to create jobs and rebuild a strong middle-class. that is the democrat from maryland. on the other side, for the republicans, john boehner says, where are the jobs? it is the questions americans still asking more than 20 months after the stimulus bill and it promises it would create jobs immediately and keep unemployment below 8%. john boehner in ohio over the weekend at an event we covered. he was campaigning for one of the congressional candidates. here is a short piece on that. them and you all know that the bigger the government gets, -- >> and you all know the bigger the government gets, the smaller the people get. the more the government takes from you the less you have to invest in yourself, family, business and community. and it is time that we tell washington, it is time for them to get their hands off of the goose la

vote for a democrat, 95% voting for republican candidates. did you have the independent vote. 38% voting for a democrat, 56% for a republican. go-ahead. caller: we need to understand that this method thismyth, the ideologies that soon to be treating project -- driving the country at the extreme, it is really put a stranglehold on our whole political system. and the only ideology there really counts is the ideology that -- of globalization. which brings me to my next point, the only color that matters is green. that has been systematic evaluation of the dollar is going to continue. it is setting up the corporations for a capacity to continue developing their economies overseas. we need to understand that the only ideology that matters is globalization. all this talk about politics, and your guest before and the speaker in here, and what ever you read it on the news in tv about the gridlock being created by this myth of ideology, it is saying that our government is in gridlock and completely irrelevant. it c-span really wants to do a service for

we really got use to stalemate during the summer between the democrats and republicans. w all of the bargaining will be in the democratic party. that will change the dynamics. he will be fighting with the base of his party more because they will have better leverage than they had under the other system. we will see a di

i think the republicans won because they were not democrats. there is no doubt as a republican idea that comes out of the select -- there 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 democratic sweep was 630 could there was a 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 thin

now, republicans will hold eight seats to the democrats' three. this was ohio before the election and here it is afterwards. in new hampshire, both house seats went from blue to red, ending the exile for house republicans in new england. the democrats freshman class was decimated. 41 was voted in, in 2008 but last night at least 20 were voted out. even being a moderate didn't help. of the 54 house seats held by those fiscally conservative blue dog democrats, 27 went republican. more than half of the democrats who voted against their party on health care reform were booted out of office anyway. and a trio of powerful veterans were also forced out. south carolina's john spratt the chair of the budget committee. minnesota's james oberstar, chair of the transportation committee. and missouri's ike skelton chair of the armed services committee. in the senate, hear reid, who barely survived his own re- election bid was calling for compromise today. >> i think the main message that we should have received last night-- i know that i did-- is that people in

dictatorship where is the party that pushes for a living wage so they can support their family on the democrats republicans they're not really pushing for that the democrats have a better rhetoric but barack obama promised a nine dollars fifty cent's federal minimum wage in the campaign in two thousand and eight he's never talked about it since it's now seven dollars and twenty five cents wal-mart wages one third of the workers in this country make low wal-mart type wages is not a major area for a third party so people have got to stop voting for the least worse between the democrats republicans and say they're going to vote for who but they believe that they're going to vote for their conscience they're going to vote for the best. interests the american people if it's a third fourth party so be it he mentions you sent a letter to a number of different corporate executives saying they should have a taxpayer appreciation day for all the money that stole from the american taxpayers can you elaborate on that a little bit well i mean the political parties are servicing the top one percent which has of wealthy

democrat 57- 49. ts matter.ce why does it matter whether republicans or democrats matter? you look to see where republicans pick up seats. i picked this up many moons ago. it was on cq politics. this was a list of congressional districts that were split between john mccain and the democrats in 2008. there are now 48 districts. 48 districts going into november's election where mccain won, but they voted for a democratic member of congress. of the 48, the republicans have won 36. there was a reservoir of republican districts represented by a democrat or republican voters had voted democratic. it two years later, after 2008, four years later, after 2006, we are not talking about independents, they said, i am giving up, i am voting republican. they have been voting for some of these democrats for many years. edwards from texas. some of these democrats they had voted for only recently. bobby from alabama, travis from mississippi. these are republicans that voted for the democrats. they said, we are sorry. we are voting republican because we have to change washington. it is not e

republicans that i've talked to and democrats but the republicans feel better about this race than theocrats do going in here. we 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 perrie

among that group, the vote was fairly evenly divided, democratic and republican. f the people who had been hurt by this recession perhaps unlike in the past when people the were damaged by the economy would vote democratic, this was a situation where the democrats are in charge said they will have to take the responsibility. host: marjorie connally brought down the numbers in ""the new york times." let me go through the headlines. groups that voted for the democrats, gays and lesbians, between the ages of 18-29, men between 18-29, african- americans, hispanic and asians. groups won by the republicans, women, men, all of those between the age of 30-44 and senior citizens, whites in the south and all whites voting heavily for the gop. guest: the southern vote was quite interesting. many of the congressional losses that the democrats suffered occurred in the south partly because the 2008 democratic surge that obama brought with them allow the democrats to recapture some of those moderate to conservative southern seats. you have a lot of people in district or maybe oba

i think the republicans won because they were not democrats. there is no doubt as a republican idea that comes out of the select -- there 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 democratic sweep was 630 could there was a 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 thin

democrats say there's no sign of an enthusiasm gap. republicans say that democrats would have voted in bigger numbers by now if reid was going to win. they're predicting a historic turnout among republicans on election day. they think that's where they'll take this in victory. but officials say they're incredibly nervous about this one. this will be a nail piter, wolf. >> and nevada has the highest unemployment rate in the country, 14%, which is a huge issue. what were the last minute get out the vote campaign efforts that you saw today? >> reporter: i saw phone banks going on on the democratic side. i saw republican people canvassing going door to door. even using technology that's new. the basic emphasis is to get as many of your guys out to vote. they are not focusing on the undecided. 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 the true red republicans do what they need to do and go and vote. they think this one could be close enough. almost recount terty that eac

that will require democrats and republicans to come together with the best ideas to move things forward. this will not be easy not just because democrats and republicans might have different priorities. these issues are hard. the republican said that they were very concerned about debt and deficits throughout the campaign. one of the most important things we can do is economic growth. what other proposals to they have to grow the economy? if they are rejecting some of the proposals i have made, i want to hear from them what affirmative policies can make a difference in terms of encouraging job growth and promoting the economy. i don't think that tax cuts alone will be a recipe for the kind of expansion that we need. from 2001 until 2009, we cut taxes pretty significantly and we did not see the expansion that would be necessary in driving the unemployment rate down significantly. but we will need to do and what the american people want is for us to mix and match ideas and move forward on where we can agree. agree without being disagreeable on those areas that we cannot agree. if we accom

in the senate, 57 democrats. 41 republicans. two independence. t now 49 democrats, 46 republicans, two did independence, and three seats undecided or are too close to call. that includes alaska, washington state, and one other that is slipping my mind. i apologize for that. >> caller: thank god for [inaudible] . host: jimmy i apologize, but we do not have a very good connection. please try again. another tweet. gov. perry, more think use. thank you to all our supporters and especially perry home headquarters. you made history across the state. anita and i are forever indebted. washington, d.c., on the air. caller: i was calling because this morning i have been listening to all of the victory of the republican party and the tea party movement, but none have been very specific about creating jobs. it is all about taxes. they're not talking about what specific jobs they are talking about when all the jobs are going overseas. thank you. host: at 1:00 eastern time, the president is due to come to the white house and told a press conference. we will bri

polls show that independents have swung towards the republicans. democrats are also suffering from the enthusiasm gap while the republicans have benefited from the energy of the tea party. joining me now from washington is charlie cook of the cook political report. he is the one we all turn to ahead of this game to see how it's going on and i am pleased to have him on this program. welcome. >> thank you, charlie. >> rose: what define this is election? >> i think it's a very, very fickle electorate. they voted for change. their idea of change and i think what the president and the democratic congress had seemed to be different. i think there's also a real desire as the economy deteriorated last year and as unemployment went up they wanted a laser beam like focus, to use bill clinton's term, on the economy. and they got first cap and trade and then health care reform which were two things i think that they would have loved to have had a conversati about the economy would be better but they were saying, you know, we want to focus on the economy. and then to a c

that will require democrats and republicans to come together and look for the best ideas to move things forward. it will not be easy. not just because democrats and republicans may have different priorities as we were discussing when it came to how we structure tax cuts, but because these issues are hard. the republicans throughout the campaign said they are concerned about deficits. one of the most important things we can do is economic growth. what other proposals do they have to grow the economy? if they're rejecting some of the proposals i made, i want to hear from them. what affirmative policies can make a difference in terms of encouraging job growth and promoting the economy? because i do not think tax cuts alone are going to be a recipe for the kind of expansion we need. we cut taxes significantly and we did not see the kind of expansion that will be necessary in terms of driving the unemployment rate down significantly. i think what we will need to do is for us to mix and match ideas and figure out those ideas were we can agree and move forward and disagree without being disagr

a republican democrat challenged the democrat- republican candidate challenge the democrat. they were doing ads saying that he was a supporter of terrorism and was affiliated with radical islam and that he took money from this and that in the other. one might argue that the issue had nothing to do with what the election was about. hundreds of thousands of dollars were poured into this campaign. it was not the issue and it was not what big kohl was interested in but it was the wedge that was used to create fear. islamaphobia typical. this was not the party of george herbert walker bush and james baker any more. this is the party of those that exported here all summer long and unified their base and then were able to exploit it in the election. i am very concerned about how this played out and i am waiting to see what the next year campaign will be as we move to 2012. >> the thing that this will intensify? the things that there will be more of these kinds of things raising their head? >> probably. >> is it just naturally so or it is this a difficult and farm it creates even mo

there are 255 democrats in the house of representatives and 178 republicans. 59 democrats in the senate and 41 republicans. a democrat white house. the democratic party had all year to move its answer in the legislation and didn't. this is unfortunately not the only example of being behind the eight-ball when it comes to finance of the country. the other thing overhanging the economy, as of today, we're five weeks in the fiscal year, six weeks in fiscal year and we do not yet have a budget. we have none of the 13 appropriations bills passed by congress, and sent to the president for the october 1 start of the fiscal year. not only that, this is the first time since 1974 that the house of representatives has failed to meet its statutory responsibility. under law since 1974, it's supposed to pass a budget resolution in the house, despite the big democrat majorities and the democrat in the white house has been unable or unwilling to take up a budget resolution to pass what is required by law. this is shameful. we know the tax cuts have been expired for a year. the democrats have had contro

this year, democrats won just 39% of independents. republicans won 55%. a stinging loss for democrats, president obama's former illinois senate seat went to republican congressman mark kirk. but california remained solidly democratic as jerry brown took the governor's seat and incumbent senator barbara boxer beat back a challenge of former hewlett-packard ceo. >> i want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for this victory. after the toughest and roughest campaign of my life. >> many candidates felt that way. exit polls show that americans by a wide margin 62% considered the economy the most important issue in these elections. followed by health care at 18%, the war in afghanistan, 8% and illegal immigration 8% as well. and speaking of the economy, expect to hear more from republicans today about what they want to do about extending those bush tax cuts which expire at the end of the year. harry? maggie? >> nancy, thank you. >>> president obama was not on the ballot but as nancy noted, millions of americans voted against him anyway. according to our ex

> lehrer: newshour political editor david chalian fills us in on the hows and whys of republican wins and democratic losses. >> ifill: we hear what party leaders had to say today, starting with the republican likely to be the next speaker of the house, john boehner. >> republicans have made a pledge to america, and our plenty is to listen to the american people. and the focuson their priorities, and that's exactly what we're going to do. >> lehrer: and we'll have excerpts from president obama's news conference at the white house. that there's no doubt as i reflect on the results of the election, it underscores for me that i've got to do a better job, just like everybody else in washington does. >> ifill: then, jeffrey brown examines the federal reserve's latest action to jump start the troubled economy and how politics will play its part. >> lehrer: plus, mark shields and david brooks offer their day-after election analysis. that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: chevron. >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea