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Flashback: Journalists Predicted Midterms Would Be a GOP 'Referendum'

Now that a Republican wave in the midterm elections has resulted in a GOP Senate, big gains in the House and shocking wins in governors races across the country, it's important to look back on the ...
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CBS Worried GOP Congress Will Actually Pass Legislation

On Wednesday's CBS This Morning, co-host Norah O'Donnell fretted that the newly elected Republican Congress would dare to pass legislation: "If you look at a number of these new senators, they're ...
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MSNBC Touts 'Rather Extreme' Joni Ernst; CNN Predicts One Term for Her

MSNBC and CNN zeroed in on the supposed radical right-wing views of Senator-elect Joni Ernst during their live election night coverage. Just after 2 am Eastern on Wednesday, MSNBC's Luke ...
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Tom Brokaw: Talk Radio Thinks ‘Obama Voters…Live In Excrement’

Tom Brokaw, former anchor of NBC Nightly News, had a busy midterm election night as he appeared on both NBC and PBS’s midterm coverage programming. During Brokaw’s appearances on the two networks, ...
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Bob Schieffer on GOP Midterm Wins: ‘The Mood Is Nasty’ In America, Vote an Indictment of Both Parties

During CBS News’ midterm coverage in prime time on Tuesday night, Face the Nation moderator Bob Schieffer repeatedly dismissed the significance of the GOP’s electoral victory and peddled liberal ...
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NBC's Lauer Lectures GOP: Opposing Obama 'Is Not A Policy'

Following the big Republican wave in Tuesday's midterm election, on Wednesday, Today co-host Matt Lauer immediately demanded that the new GOP-controlled Congress capitulate to President Obama: ...
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ABC Insists ‘The Republican Brand Is Still Very Damaged’

Despite the Republican Party taking control of both houses of Congress as well as winning additional governors races, ABC’s Good Morning America made sure to throw some cold water on the GOP ...
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Liberal CNN Analyst Laments ‘Best Campaigner’ Dems Have in Obama ‘Locked Away in the WH’

Early Wednesday morning, liberal CNN political commentator Cornell Belcher groaned during CNN’s midterms elections coverage that the Democratic Party’s top campaigner in President Barack Obama was ...
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Andrea Mitchell Slams 'Scary,' 'Non-Factual' GOP Ads

Appearing on MSNBC, Tuesday night, for election returns, anchor Andrea Mitchell angrily denounced Republican ads on Ebola as "scary" and "non-factual." Hardball host Chris Matthews lamented that ...
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Chuck Todd Denies GOP Wave Election, Then Changes His Mind

During NBC News’s 10:00 p.m. Eastern midterms elections coverage, NBC News political director and Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd emphasized that the 2014 midterms were not a Republican wave, ...
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