we got john avlon, margaret leaver. paul bernstein and mark la manno. of course, they're all cnn political commentators. let me ask you, we've seen a lost cycle, seats change hands. we've seen more happen in the past, 2010, what do you think stands out to you? >> a totally dispiriting election. i think said that if the democrats won by an equal margin. these candidates ran against things rather than an aggressive message to a real program. they tailored their candidacies to look at particularly popular views with independents rather than being leaders themselves. i think hillary clinton coming out really enhanced. >> enhanced? >> you haven seen the hash tag hillaries losers? >> i think she's enhanced ba us she looked like a leader and she's been consistent in embracing her party's message, a positive message for what she stands for. i think if you look at what the democratic candidates did for the most part, running from president obama. i think in the long run it probably was a mistake. at the same time, you've got to look that president obama has not

appreciate it. >> thank you. >> john avlon, you're not off the hook yet. you're sticking around for the next segment. >>> the smoke hasn't cleared from the midterms but that's not stopping anyone from having even more fun and looking ahead to 2016. it was so much fun last night, right? the race for the white house could play a big, big part in how congress, particularly the senate, does business in the next two years. we'll look into that coming up. do you have the coverage? you need? open enrollment ends december 7th. don't put it off 'til later. now's the time to get on a path that could be right for you... with unitedhealthcare medicare solutions. call today to learn about the kinds of coverage we offer, including aarp medicarecomplete plans insured through unitedhealthcare. these medicare advantage plans can combine parts a and b, your hospital and doctor coverage... with part d prescription drug coverage, and extra benefits... all in one complete plan... for a low monthly premium, or in some areas no plan premium at all. unitedhealthcare doesn't stop

cnn political analyst and editor and chief john avlon, republican strategist anna navar. good morning. >> good morning. >> is joe biden going to run in 2016? >> he's an incredible leader, champion for middle class, great vice president. clearly there are other candidates who are thinking about running as well. >> yes, there are. anna, if biden decides to run, we know he said some -- well he's one for the gaffes right. can you get over that and successfully run? look, i don't think it's going to be the gaps that stop joe biden. i think it will be hillary clinton that stops him. he's saying what he has to now. my decision is not based on what hillary clinton does. we all know his decision is based on what hillary clinton does because frankly they both come are from the democratic establishment, eat from the same slice of pie. if he was elizabeth warren to the left of hillary clinton, he could think about challenging her. at this point, it's difficult for him if she decides to run. i think that's going to be the biggest obstacle, not the gaps which frankly i think everybody

let's bring in our team of analysts here, john avlon, editor of the daily beast.al strategic margaret hoover, errol louis, and sally kohn. i want to start with you. >> i've had worse. >> president obama coming out to talk this morning after the election defeat for his party. he needs to say what? >> i think he needs to say it's not ais shellacking, it's a spe bump. when you look at who voted, when you look at how elections are going to go down the road in the future, there's still opportunity for democrats and more peril for republicans coming out of the election. they now have the challenge. they have three, they have to do with women, with young voters, and voters with color. if not, it's a speed bump. >> let's keep on that theme here. based on what happened overnight as we head into the day, republicans have changed what? >> i think republicans have changed sort of the terrain of power in washington. i expect the president, frankly, to say there's frustration out there. i share the frustration. i understand that people are upset. and i do expect him to somewher

joining us, john avlon, editor and chief of the daily beast. republican political strategist margaret hoover, and sally kohn for aggressive columnist for the daily beast. margaret hoover, you were a card carrying member of the republican party. we'll let you start tonight there is no other way to put it. this was a tidal wave. everything that we thought was close wasn't nearly as close. things we didn't think were going to be close, like virginia, way close. what happened? >> the map was laid out and very favorably from the beginning for republicans. there was some six-year itch. the electorate is disenchanted with the president who has very low approval ratings. and republicans ran incredibly strong candidates. i think between all of those things, the option on the table was to change the status quo in washington by moving one element, making the senate republican, give some chance of changing from the status quo. by the way, it wasn't an entire tidal wave. scott brown lost. if scott brown in massachusetts then we could legitimately say yep, w

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. >> we welcome back ron brownstein and john avlon.vernor's races are you keeping an eye on in particular? >> i think the most interesting are colorado, florida and wisconsin. wisconsin because scott walker could be a formidable presidential candidate in 2016. he has a tough re-election. colorado because it was a purple state where democrats felt the demographic when it was at their back. they pursued a black state social agenda and are struggling to hold on. and florida, all the times and whether the state joins the expansion of medicaid affecting hundreds of thousands of people in the state are significant. >> ron brownstein makes a good point. should i care about the governor's races? after all, we are worried about the senate and what's happening there in d.c. why do i care? >> for a couple of reasons. first of all, it's laboratories of democracies. they have more impacts on their states and with the exception of president obama i mean, we have only had three presidents that weren't governors. so it's absolutely the breeding ground