. >> colorado, michael bennet, to close to call? >> tossup, but michael bennet has a slight lead, a couple of points. >> to close to call. >> it is possible that voters will record as he is a good guy and deserves to be there. -- will recognize that he is a good guy and deserves to be there. >> what about barack obama's illinois senate seat? is that leading republican? >> yes. it is surprising that it is not more so, but that race is tightening up. we have to focus on turnout. >> washington state, patty murray is the incumbent. >> tossup. >> i was in chicago earlier this week, and there are nasty advertisements. >> they are everywhere. i was on the colorado, new mexico, and arizona last week, and i learned that nancy pelosi is was possible not only for the deficit and unemployment, but also for the declining honeybee population, you name it. [laughter] connecticut, attorney general versus the wrestling ceo. >> that is leading in his direction. >> only in this year would even be close. she is kind of a ridiculous candidate. >> millio

in nevada again -- actually, in colorado, rather -- michael bennet who was appointed to fill in secretaryning against ken buck who is the county district attorney. we'll be watching this race carefully. barack obama took colorado in 2008 and once again a microcosm of what's happening in this country, majority leader harry reid is running against tea party favorite sharron angle in a very close race and we cannot project a winner in nevada yet there as well. anthony mason is following the results of our exit polls. anthony, what's rowed the boat in this mid term election? >> reporter: we want to look at the tea party, katie. 40% of the voters in our exit poll described themselves as tea party supporters and nine out of 10 of them believed that president obama's policies have the country on the wrong track. they feel strongly that the government is doing too much. 85% said that. they feel the stimulus plan is not working. 60% said it hurt the economy. they also feel strongly that congress should repeal health care. 84% told us that. it's very interesting the make-up of the tea party. 90% ar

. >> reporter: michael bennet was finally declared the winner in colorado's senate contest.emocrats held that seat. a win for barack obama after a midterm he called a shellacking, democrats losing the house. >> it feels bad. i've got to do a better job. >> reporter: the president said he's done the right things for the economy, but many voters hadn't felt the effect. >> i think i have got to take direct responsibility for the fact that we have not made as much progress as we need to make. >> reporter: but the soon to be new house speaker, republican john boehner, says voters told the president to change course on taxes, spending, and the debt. >> it's pretty clear that the obama/pelosi agenda is being rejected by the american people. >> nancy pelosi's laid low, aides say she is considering her future. republicans made her a target and stripped the speakership from the woman once called the most powerful in washington. >> no regrets because we believe we did the right thing and we worked very hard in our campaigns to convey that to the american people. >> president obama says

and finally, in colorado's senate race, democrat michael bennet and the republican are in a very tight race, ken buck. too close to call. that one may end up in a recount. >> tracie potts in washington. tracie, thank you. >>> what does all of this mean in the coming months and years for governing in washington? with insight on that we go to joy ann reid, political columnist for the miami herald, and, joy, thank you for joining us this morning. >> good morning. >> you and i know in this business, headlines are everything. what's the headline here in the midterm election? >> i think if i had to write a headline it would be revenge of the mccain voter. if you look at the exit poll, the demographic of the polls that came out, excited about this election are basically the demographic of people who voted for john mccain and prefer him in the 200 presidential election. they came out. older voters, white voters. suburban voters who were really ready to deal a blow to president obama. >> for the first time, president obama going to have to deal with a republican majority any a house of congress

in colorado, senator michael bennet narrowly defeated his challenge in tea party republican ken buck. in washington state, democrat patty murray maintains a small lead over her republican challenger dino rossi. state officials say the final result may not be known at least two more days. in alaska senator lisa murkowski was forced to run as a write-in. election officials hope to have a winner by next week. >>> the fbi says the same gun that was used to fire shots at a coast guard recruiting station was used in a string of similar washington-area incidents. the shots were fired at the coast guard station in northern virginia on tuesday. last month, shots were fired at the national museum of the marine corps, then a few days later at the pentagon then a marine corps recruiting station. no one was hurt. the fbi believes one shooter is responsible. >>> this morning, tropical storm tomas is bearing down on haiti, where over a million earthquake survivors have been ordered to evacuate. tomas is strengthening, expected to be a hurricane when it hits haiti tomorrow with torrential rains and p

late today in colorado, michael bennet declared a narrow victory over tea party republican ken buck. no decision yet in alaska where incumbent lisa murkowski mount an independent write-in campaign after losing the g.o.p. nomination. and no decision in washington state where incumbent democrat patty murray has a small lead over republican challenger dino rossi. nancy cordes is our congressional correspondent, and nancy, i understand you could almost feel the winds of power shift today on capitol hill. >> reporter: you really can, katie. we're starting to see a shift in demeanor among republicans here on the hill as they embraced their new position of power. >> what a great night. ( cheers ) >> reporter: it was in fact the greatest night for house republicans in modern history. the party scooping up even more seats than it did in the republican wave of 1994. >> let this serve as a warning to congress. we don't work for you. you work for us. ( cheers ) >> reporter: a huge new crop of co n coming to washington with what they see as a mandate for change. >> we really do believe you can't

michael bennet, the democratic incumbent in colorado has hung on against ken buck. and both sides say right now, that one could go down to the wire. >> reporter: that's probably the second-closest race in the country right now. republicans are looking at these two. if they're going to have any prayer of taking over the senate, they have to win both. i talked to a republican strategist this morning who says they probably have a slightly better chance in colorado. but ken buck is one of the tea party candidates that knocked off the choice of the republican establishment, jane norton, in colorado. he's faced a problem in terms of women voters. how badly does he lose that? you remember a comment he had not long ago that colorado needed a senator who wore cowboy boots, not high heels. >> i remember that. independent voters key in the state of colorado. especially women. okay, jon karl, thanks very much. robin? >>> let's talk three more races right now. the high-proe fight battle out in california. david wright is in los angeles for us this morning. >> reporter: in the u.

michael bennet, the colorado senator who has been there a very short time decided he didn't want to do. i have heard from a few people who suggest it may not be done on tuesday. they may not be able to find someone by tomorrow. so this may drag out. not a good sign for a party who wants to start rebuilding. >>> and this weekend, sunday in fact in philadelphia, vice president joe biden joined other leaders at the opening of the first new museum on independence mall. the national museum of american-jewish history. the museum encompassed 350 years of jewish life in the united states. officially opens to the public the day after thanksgiving. i was privileged to take part in opening this museum. it will explore immigration and civil rights and a broad sweep of u.s.-jewish history as the vice president described. >> when we embrace diversity, america becomes more than a beacon of freedom. more than a sum of its parts. it becomes a magnet. >> directly across from the museum, the national park services is rebuilding president george washington's home during the continental congress. the home

this week, the republican, ken buck, pulling ahead of michael bennet in two of the polls. it's a four-point race or tighter than that. president obama's former seat in illinois, still a close race, mark kirk a slight edge over alexi giannoulias. to nevada, no race more significant, symbolically, with majority leader harry reid in the fight of his political career against tea party candidate sharron angle who, in two polls, has that edge, four points over harry reid. the open seat in pennsylvania where democratic congressman joe sestak in a tight race against pat toomey, new poll showing it's toomey with the edge, a two-point lead turnout is so important here. washington state now, the democratic firewall. senator patti murray and republican dino rossi, showing murray up slightly, personally popular. the real enemy there is washington, who she's up against. three-term democratic senator russ feingold, slipping away from ron johnson. this is now a seven-point race in johnson's favor. recent polling in the much-talked about republican seat of florida. what a crazy week this w

first thing out of the box, they repealed arithmetic. >> reporter: in colorado michael bennet made hiscing for a likely gop takeover of the house, but with just hours to go, democrats across the nation made their closing arguments in a final push to keep republicans from gaining control of the senate. >> someone says we want to send a message to washington. i'm asking you to send a messenger and i'm volunteering to be that messenger. >> reporter: for democrats the latest abc news/"washington post" poll had bad news. while democrats have narrowed the gap, americans still prefer republicans by four points in house races. sarah palin is up in arms over a report on the next election. politico used anonymous sources to say that the republican establishment was trying to stop her from running for president in 2012. palin called those reporters child molesting, puppy kicking, chain smoking, porn producers, and she got it from -- you guessed it -- an unnamed source. rob and vinita? >> millions of election eve robo calls jammed up the nation's phone systems. the new hampshire democratic party s

. >>> and in colorado, michael bennet and ken buck are neck and neck there. >> that could be heading for a recount as well. you have to talk about the tea party. they brought so much energy no to primary. one of the earliest leaders, south carolina leader jim demint. i spoke to him earlier this morning. i know you don't take credit for the tea party movement. what do you think those voters were saying tonight? what are you going to do to advance their cause? >> the most exciting thing that came out of the election is the realization that the power here in america is in the hands of the american people. if they want to stand up and take it. i think that will maybe realign politics in the country. force a discussion on the role of the federal government in the country. this does give the republicans a second chance. i'm glad to see the determination from boehner and others in the house that this time, we'll do it the right way. >> your republican leader in the senate said last week in number one job is to make sure that president obama is not returned to the white house. is that your n

and there were things i decided on tuesday but yesterday we learned that michael bennet is, in fact, new senator, the next senator from colorado. yesterday we learned that pat quinn is, in fact, reelected as governor of illinois. good news for democrats. and we also learn that patty murray is now confirmed in fact, reelected as the democratic senator from washington state. she was happy to accept yesterday. >> i'm just grateful for this tremendous opportunity so i want to thank all the photos. and a want to thank mr. rossi who was gracious, called me just a while ago to congratulate me. i never want to thank him and his family. i know what a sacrifice it is. >> and patty said -- shut that kid up a -- patty says by the way, i want health care. she's not a vote for repeal. >> we move forward on health care reform. it is very important to do. we will now see what republicans have to offer, but i will say this. i am not putting our families back at risk again. >> good for you, good for her, and glad she is back in there. and alaska still -- know, no resolution there. they say they will s

senator mike -- michael bennet has 47% and ken buck has 47%. if you have been watching the past couple of hours, it keeps flip-floping. but right now we don't know who the winner is. you go to alaska. you talk about this one. lisa murkowski, writes in candidates, as it shows up on the associated press, it is the total write-in. lisa murkowski with 40% or 41%, followed by joe miller, 34%, to end scott mcadams, the democrat, 24% but they will start counting november 18 and it will take three days. lisa rakowski said to cnn she thinks she has won this race. go to california. carly fiorina is not conceding this race. but look at the projected winner. senator boxer, democrat, the incumbents, going to return it looks like for another term. she has 52% to the vote to carly fiorina's 42%. quite a wide margin. as carrie budoff brown said, not sure what carly fiorina is waiting for. in the washington senate race, this is still not called. 60% of the -- votes were counted. patty murray, the democrat incumbent, 50%, dino rossi, about 50%. they will start c

michael bennet has declared victory, was declared the winner in u.s. senate race over tea party republican candidate ken buck. washington state and alaska needs more time of according to the ap counting all the write-in ballots that could give alaska senator lisa murkowski another term. that count will begin until november 10. in washington state, two-thirds of the vote have been counted. the remaining third consist of mail in ballots, will be tabulated over the next couple of weeks. also latest number that we saw this morning, a handful of house members, tent races, will have updates throughout the day here on c-span2, also on her website, c-span.org. again, waiting for the cq roll call forum to get started. should be underway shortly. as we wait we will bring you that interview with speaker nancy pelosi interviewed by diane sawyer. >> what are you going to do next? >> first of all today i'm talking to my members who courageously fought the fight, kerry do better, took the tough votes. that's what i'm doing today. when i told you into doing that i wil

colorado's appointed senator democrat michael bennet held off a tea party challenger. >> i'm not going back to washington to play politics. i'm going back there to fight for more jobs, for better jobs. >> reporter: but in washington state's close senate race, democratic incumbent patty murray and republican dino rossi are still waiting to find out who won. talking with both campaigns, the murray people, the rossi people, both see a path to victory, and why is it taking so long? well, in washington state they do their voting by mail in all but one county. so mail-in ballots are still coming in. hundreds of thousands of them yet to be counted. meredith? >> kelly o'donnell, thank you very much. it is 7:15. >>> let's go out to alaska. incumbent senator lisa murkowski appears to be on track to become only the second person to win a write-in campaign for the u.s. senate. kristin welker sat down with her for an exclusive interview. >> reporter: good morning. the last time someone won a senate seat through a write-in condition si was 1954 when strom thurmond did it. lisa murkowski likes her ch

constitution" -- from richmond -- from the register -- in colorado, the race has been called, senator michael bennet, appointed to fill the vacancy by can salazar declared the winner. still be determined in washington state where at the moment patty murray is ahead in the polls but no final decision on that and of course, write-in still in place and alaska. north carolina. democrats' line but caller: yes. thank you for taking my call. i really believe that president obama just does not get it. i am a democrat but i voted yesterday straight republican in everything. the comments president obama is making -- i was kind of appalled. calling on yesterday all latinos to go out and vote. there are more people voting in elections then just black and latinos. and he just doesn't get it. host: the president leaving on friday for a 10-day trip, including a three-day stop in india that will also include japan and south korea. next year the president will be hosting the president of china will be coming to washington. headline from "the new york times" and "the washington post ," both with the same message. tak

they still won two-thirds of hispanic and hispanic say, michael bennet and especially harry reid we're sharon angle backfired on her. the african-american voters state pretty strong at 90%. young people, 57% are college educated white women wavered. i will come back to that. still in the high '40s. their turnout was down. the rest of the white electorate so, by that i mean blue collar white men and women, and college educated white men, all of which tended to be pretty skeptical of government moved sharply to the point where the exit poll, republicans won 60% of all white voters. in the history of the exit poll for congressional races which goes back to 1982, no party had a gut to 60%. not even in 1994 among white voters. only twice before had any party got that high i, 1974 and 1964 for the democrats. the erosion was greatest among the blue-collar voters who had been skeptical of him since the beginning, and have been hit hard by the recession and also tend to be dubious that government is going to do anything to make their lives better. democrats only one in 4% of those voters. the w

bennet and you already see hatch taking steps in utah. >> yeah. >> to solidify his base of support. >> let's talk about a guy who i once voted for that's michael steeleand i will continue to vote for any african-american candidate until we have at least one in the united states senate. that will be a principle of mine. it san absolute embarrassment in this country that a country like ours has no african-american united states senators starting now because burris is now out and kirk's in. does it bother you in no black senators in the united states. >> yeah, i'd love to see it. >> just the principle. >> we just elected two new african-american republicans to congress. >> to the house, yeah, yeah. does it bother you, steve, that no black senators? >> yes, it does. and listen, i think that michael steele would be glad to know that you're a supporter and i think that he probably wishes that you were an rnc member right now because he needs your vote. >> now that you've stepped on my shoulders to make a brilliant point, go for it. >> well, listen, poor michael steele, i meantime first african-american chairman of the republican parent is now being run out