look at sharron angle in nevada, a direct party of the movement. christine o'donnell in delaware who lost tonight by 17 points is a tea party candidate. someone who never would have been nominated by the republican party if the tea party movement hadn't come along. so, they've given a lot of energy to the republican party but have also produced a lot of candidates who really can't take advantage of this climate. obviously, you know, great night for republicans, but, you know, if the tea party had been a little more flexible in some of these primaries, it could have been better. they conceivably could have won the senate, i think, without the tea party. >> really? okay. thanks so much for your insight. we do appreciate it. >> sure. >> we'll be right back with more election 2010 coverage. this is the "cbs morning news." may not be getting the nutrition they need to keep their bodies strong. carnation instant breakfast essentials supplies the nutrients of a balanced breakfast to help build strong muscles and healthy bones. carnation instant breakfast

introducing sharron angle's crazy juice! >> reporter: but crazy juice was not on the menu. as reid served breakfast to thank his volunteers sunday morning, who then went to hit the streets canvassing for votes. >> i told the people with me this morning we have a new countdown. we've been going days, for months. we're on hours now. >> reporter: we also have chicken angle with us today! this is what democrats call chicken angle. supposed to represent angle's fear of talking to the press. but the angle campaign has its own mascot. all right, well, when you see the giant buffalo and the astra turf and the big anti-harry reid sign, you know you're at sharron angle headquarters in las vegas. >> it's a game of percentages, trying to get voices on the line. oh, wonderful, we appreciate your support on tuesday. >> reporter: inside, dudley winn, yes, that's w-i-n-n. he's not even from nevada but he flew in from texas to help out with the phone bank. you getting paid? >> no money. >> harry reid made the statement, the war in iraq is lost, my son was there on the ground, a lot of troop

fended off republican sharron utheked out win ican sharron forer world wrestling ceo linda mcmahon. >> what the republicans need to do is reach out to the democrats, reach out to the white house, and say, hey, the train is leaving the station, come on board, we invite you to come on board but we're heading in a different direction. >> reporter: for some, disaster. for others, disaster averted. the change of power in the house means the next house speaker will almost certainly be ohio republican john boehner. a man nearly as controversial as the current house speaker, nancy pelosi. rob and vinita? >> as mentioned, democrats did manage to maintain control of the senate, thanks in large part to some big wins out in the west. in nevada, senate leader harry reid did beat back a strong challenge from tea party star sharron angle. reid, of course, struggled for months in a state with the nation's highest unemployment and with voters extremely angry at washington insiders. and in california, barbara boxer will return to the u.s. senate for a fourth term. boxer defeated former hewlett-packard

la republicana sharron angle... >>fue porque angle insultÓ a nuestra comunidad. >>sÍ, ese es otro de los hallazgos del sondeo. en esos estados donde se utilizÓ el tema migratorio de manera insultante, donde se recurriÓ a la retorica anti-inmigrante, ella sacÓ varios anuncios sumamente ofensivos para la comunidad, tachÁndola de delincuentes. en esos estados hubo mÁs fuerza a la hora de votar y fue decisivo, y la diferencia fue grande. y lo mismo se vio en estados como california, y tambiÉn en estados como colorado. >>vamos a hablar entonces, en california y en colorado, ¿cuÁles fueron los temas que sacaron al votante hispano a las calles? >>nuevamente, no debemos subestimar la importancia del tema de los empleos, los embargos hipotecarios, pero... el tema de la inmigraciÓn en estados en que el tema de la inmigraciÓn fue central en la contienda; todos estos factores fueron vitales para que el voto latino se movilizara. >>vamos a hablar entonces, para las personas que nos estÁn viendo y que dicen: "bueno, yo no me involucrÉ, porque al fin y al cabo a m�

tea party-backed sharron angle could start the rumbling in nevada. polls show she is neck and neck with senate majority leader harry reid. in california, republican carly fiorina is pushing the tea party agenda, attacking democrat incumbent barbara boxer for pushing president obama's policies. >> it's unsustainable to have 2.3 million californians out of work. >> and if we raise our voices together tomorrow, we will win and california will win. >> reporter: despite so many women running, analysts say the overall number of women in congress may decline for the first time in 30 years. since so many female democrats are in tough races. manuel gallegus, cbs news, washington. >>> this morning on "the early show," continuing coverage of the campaign 2010 elections. i'm betty nguyen. this is the "cbs morning news." [ female announcer ] treat yourself to something special for lunch. how about a coastal soup and grilled shrimp salad combination at red lobster? or maybe skewers of tender, wood-grilled shrimp. or your choice of shrimp paired with wood-grilled c

the mayor of reno, a republican, and sharron angle's mayor supports harry reid for re-election. in the just-released exit polling where they ask nevada voters where they favored or opposed the tea party and the movement in the state of nevada, four out of every ten said yes they supported the movement. four out of every ten said they were against it. so the tea party may not end up being a decisive factor in the race. but sharon angle has managed to capture a lot of the disaffection here in this state because the economy has fallen so hard, so fast, and is in a really still a precarious situation. the glimmers of hope that you're seeing in other states around the country you're not seeing here. >> woodruff: ray suarez reporting for us from las vegas from harry reid's headquarters. ray, thank you. >> lehrer: thank you, judy. o to hari with more results. >> sreenivasan: thank you, jim. we just wanted to take this opportunity to show viewers a few of the nail-biter races that are so close here. let's start with the pennsylvania senate race. we're talking about representative joe se

how much of the people voting for sharron angle, how much of it is a deep love and desire to see sharron angle in the senate, and how much of it is against obama, against reid? >> it started three years ago with a deep hatred for harry reid. it was a question of finding the alternative. she emerged through a very tough primary in which she basically took out what many people thought was the best candidate. she's emerged as the best candidate. she's acceptable enough that people feel comfortable and will vote for her. that's why the polls are dead even. i'm willing to go on a limb. i think she's going to win by four or five points. >> if republicans make the race about themselves, sometimes they're disadvantaged. your job is to keep your boat in the gulf stream and ride the current. it's anti-washington and anti-health care, it's anti-obama. the minute you make the race about something else, as in yourself, you're giving up an advantage. >> this is more about what folks are against and ang rip about than what they're looking for. and independent voters are swinging republican. what they v

sharron angle calls harry reid an out-of-touch elitist and he calls her extreme and crazy. now, of course, at this point this race all comes down to turnout and harry reid does have a well-oiled get out the vote operation here in nevada. if there is some good news for him tonight on this election eve, it's that the foremost political journalist here in nevada is saying that he believes harry reid will somehow pull this out tomorrow. katie? >> couric: ben tracy in las vegas. ben, thank you. ohio is often the scene... a snapshot, rather, of the entire country and a bell weather in elections. national correspondent dean reynolds is in cincinnati tonight and, dean, no one will be watching what happens in the buckeye state more closely than the president himself. >> reporter: indeed, katie. there is no state more important to president barack president obama's midterm election strategy and his reelection hopes in 2012 than ohio. mr. obama won the state in 2008 and has visited 12 times since taking office. the latest yesterday stumping for democrats. but the latest poll today sug

in clark county, harry reid needs to get better than 8 percent than sharron angle in the entire area of las vegas. if he cannot get an 8 percent advantage or better in las vegas, harry reid's ability to remain majority leader is jeopardized. one last thing before we go, shep. battle for the governor's offices and you talked a moment ago about ohio. ohio, john kasik victory. they, lected george bush in 2006. notorous bell weather who predicts who will be the state. that bodes ill for barack obama. fox news predicted that the republicans have taken control of the house of representatives. that means nancy pelosi will tep down. john boehner will likely get that job and spoke to supporters. >> across the country, we are witnessing a repudiation of washington. a repudiation of big government and repudiation of politicians who refuse to lin to the american people. >> john boehner rad added republican victories are a message to the president that it is time to course. james rosen has more in dc where republican leaders are gathering, james . >> a happy crowd here tonight when the next speak

earlier today sharron angle, his opponent, cast her ballot in reno, nevada. meanwhile, senator reid was in las vegas thanking volunteers and urging his supporters to get out and vote. now early voting started in nevada two weeks ago, and more than half the people expected to vote in this race did so before election day. about 6,500 more democrats than republicans cast their votes early but this race will likely still come down to two who turned out more voters today. now, sharron angle is going to be heading down here to las vegas tonight, she's hosting an event at the venetian resort. and the tea party express which backed angle in this race, they've actually chosen to host one of their gatherings in the same hotel as harry reid, perhaps hoping to gloat litter on tonight. katie? >> katie: ben tracy. ben, thank you. in california, democratic senator barbara boxer is in a challenger carly fiorina. bill whitaker is at boxer headquarters in los angeles. >> reporter: republican carly fiorina cast her vote today and cast her fate to california voters. she pumped $

he defeated sharron angle. and he defeated her pretty soundly. did it, in part, by just rolling a relentlessly negative campaign. a campaign at times quite ugly. portraying sharron angle, who is a real tea party hero, as somebody who was way outside the mainstream. and now, harry reid wakes up to another reality, which is he is the majority leader. but he goes back to a senate majority that is a much smaller majority. a majority, nonetheless. and it is a victory that he will certainly take. back to you, vinita and rob. >> jon thanks. >>> in the 37 races for governor across the nation, republicans won at least 10 statehouses held by democrats. >> and one democrat who bucked the trend was 72-year-old jerry brown in california. brown defeated republican meg whitman, who spent $160 million of her own fortune on her campaign. he returns to sacramento after serving as governor of that state from 1975 to 1983. >> i'm really into this politics thing. i still carry with me that sense of that missionary zeal to transform the world. >>> in nearby arizona, r

>>>josé: el senador demócrata harry reid logró el triunfo con el 50% de los votos contra sharron angle quien obtuvo el 45%. y sobre el líder de la mayoría demócrata del senado, reid habría que decir que cabestuvo el voto latino. >>>vanessa: angie nos tiene toda la información desde la vegas ech >>>angie: qué tal muy buenas tardes el sismo político que sacudió a estados unidos no logró tumbar al senador harry reid nevada lo envío por quinta vez a washington pero esta vez lo hizo con un mensaje directo. el senador harry reid está acostumbrado a ganar por pocos votos pero hoy admitió que los hispanos les ayudaron a ganar. a todo s que dicen que los hispanos no se registran y no votan se equivocan afirmó el líder de la mayoría demócrata. reid le ganó a la republicana y favorita del tea party, sharron aangle feodespués de una reñida campaña. 68% apoyó a reid. >>> Él nos ha dado más apoyo. definitivamente me gusta su manera de trabajar con, con la comunidad y yo estoy contento. >>>angie: a nivel nacional casi el mismo fenómeno, 65% de los hispanos votaron por los cand

sharron angle may have beat people over the head a little too much. the republicans were not the issue in this campaign. if you could make yourself not the issue you probably did okay in a close race. >> lehrer: let's go again to judy woodruff. >> woodruff: let's turn now to some newshour team members who are out in the field tonight. kwame holman is at the white house. and geoffrey brown is at the grand hyatt hotel in downtown washington d.c., that is the headquarters for the republican congressional campaign committee. geoffrey brown, i'm going to come to you first because the republicans are the ones that have some good news so far. three senate victories. one senate pick-up. tell us what's going on there. >> judy, hello. there's music in the background here. but i've got to tell you it's very quiet so far. i'd almost call it like a steady calm. there's a purposeful attempt not to be celebratory. at least in the early hours, judy. that's what they tell us. they tell us and they tell us again. i just want to read something to you that we were given

sharron angle, 45% of the vote. he loses his bid to the governor, joe manchin, taking over the seat for the late senator byrd. "the washington post" says independent tilted towards manchin, a big shift from the national trend. he defeated raese. 13% said their vote was in favor of president obama. 46% said it was against the president. four in a tent set president obama was not a factor in their -- four in 10 said president obama was not a factor in their vote. joe manchin was able to pull off the wind. you can find more of our website, c-span.org. guest: that was stunning that he said it was not a close race. it was by a wide margin. it was a difficult race. a ton of money went into sharron angle's campaign. it was telling that republicans won president obama's seat. the democrat said nothing would give republicans more bragging rights than winning this seat. republicans won that seat. the house republicans are the story this morning. now the face of the republican party is john boehner. host: 202-737-0001 -- repub

how much of the people are going to be voting for sharron angle and how much of it is a deep love to find her in the senate and how much of it is against -- >> it started about three years ago with a deep hatred for harry reid and a question of finaling the alternative and she and merged to a very tough primary. she emerged as a tough candidate and she's acceptable enough that people are going to vote for her and it's why the polls are dead even. my sense on election day, she's going to win. she will learn by four or five points. >> the republicans candidates this year acceptable are going to win. if they make the race about themselves, sometimes they are disadvantaged and that is what is happening in delaware. you need to keep your boat in the gulf stream. the minute you make the race about something else, as in yourself, you're giving up your advantage. >> there is some truth there. this is more about what folks are against and angry against or looking for. independent voters are swinging disease civil. president obama in 2008 hasn't been resolved. there's out of control spending.

late polling shows that sharron angle is having a late surge. but democrats insist that early voting, which has taken place in this state shows that democrats are holding their own, and that there is not an enthusiasm gap and democrats say they're feeling strong about tomorrow, basically, larry, you can tell the spin war is on, and we're going to have to watch those returns. it's going to be a very late night here tomorrow. >> larry: you'll be seeing lots of jessica tomorrow night. jessica yellin our cnn political correspondent. back with the panel, ari if the late voting is going -- do we know how those votes are tabulated? >> you mean the early vote something. >> yeah. >> the early voting. they can tell who is republican and who is democrat and that's how they're compiling the forms. if you compare the number of early votes you're getting this year and in 2008, they're well behind their marks in both 2006 and 2008, the early voting indicators are not good. i heard your conversation with the data, could the pundits be wrong? that's kind of like

y angle mostraba li genimÁgenes personas morenas que que lucian armas y cuando le ve que reclam sharron angle estas personas eran hispanas era un poco racista su publicidad ella dijo no creo que son hispanos porque como jÓvenes latinos a mÍ me parece asiÁticos. todos estos comentarios, estas campaÑas negativas usando la campaÑa de migratoria le a ayuÓo a harry reid apoyÁndolo y un rechazo para sharron angle. >>> vamos con el resultado, lujan en la cÁmara de representante de estados unidos es ganador es nuestra proyecciÓn. con el 77% de los recintos reportados en el distrito 3 del estado de washington, herrera podrÍa convertirse en una nuevo congresista por parte de ese estado. hasta ahora con el 53% frente al 47%. pudiera ser jemie herrera la nueva congresistas en este caso tambiÉn por supuesto republicana que se une a esta cifra de 23 congresistas hispanos y de acuerdo a la tendencia serÁ superior. >>> habÍamos mencionando anteriormente que habÍan 5 republicanos, hispanos republicanos que se habÍan postulado en esta ocasiÓn acabamos de ver al jimmy herrer y ahora en el

>> i think sharron angle will win. chris: norah? >> i think sharron angle will win. chris: connecticut where dick bloom men that has the lead over mcmahon. gotten huge ve because they took on tea partiers. rand paul also leads the waony.at squea where joe miller is being threatened. i'm not sure how it's going to work. >> i think alaska is the most fascinating state in the country. it looks like lisa could win a right-wing candidatey. and joe miller the pale-in senator has had a series of problems. you think it's pretty much done for rand paul and marco rubio? do we agree they look pretty strong. >> florida could be a surprise -- chris: yeah, with chris coming week.e in the when john f. kennedy was elected, it was a cliff hanger p and here's the nbc news coverage. >> got the filter, got the blend. news election central, jeff huntly and david brinkley. >> senator kennedy cast his vote today at branch public library. somebody was standing outside holding saying "the landslide begins here." we'll see about the accuracy about that later in the evening. >> we're all waiti

he defeated tea party favorite sharron angle. democrats have held on to another key seat, incumbent barbara boxer wins the u.s. senate race in california. for the tea party, senate candidates marco rubio in florida and rand paul in kentucky came out on top and and republicans have also picked up several governorships from democrats. in south carolina, republican state representative nicki haley has become the state's first female governor and democrats picked up one from republicans with jerry brown elected governor in california. meanwhile, the golden state's referendum to legalize marijuana went up in smoke. they rejected prop 19. and voters in rhode island voted to keep the original name, the state of rhode island, and providence plantations, despite a movement to drop providence plantations due to the association by some to slavery. and california's referendum to voter rejected proposition 19. and this comes to us from the international space station. thanks to a 1997 texas law, the astronauts were able to cast their ballots

the reality is that he had the inner ear of sharron angle. for the most part he got his way a lot of the time. >> sky writing doesn't make the difference, note to campaign managers. >> i'll remember that. >> let's go to alas karks senator lisa murkowski, on her way to officially becoming the first write-in candidate for senate in more than half a century. she can also claim another title. what is it? >> she's the only person to lose to a sarah palin endorsed tea party candidate and win and go on to washington losing to joe miller and beating him as a write-in candidate. she did that on sarah palin's own turf. this is presenting an interesting situation. she could sort of become a joe liebermanesque centrist. we've seen her show some signs of that. a little more open. she's really going after palin, really going after jim demint. her future, now that she has this new base of support is going to be different going forward. >> lisa murkowski is the joe lieberman. >> she's going to be a big deal because she'll have an independent voice and the on

a number did not though, most prominently of course sharron angle in nevada fem much further behind senator reid, the majority leader, than most people expected. gwen: he won by a decent margin. better than the polls had looked like. and in alaska, senator lisa murkowski, as a write-in, got 40 some percent of the vote, beating both the democrat and the republican. >> i think the reid race is one where the democrats really do have a silver lining in a night where there weren't many. in nevada hispanic votes broke 6-1 for the democrat. that's astonishing. in california the percentage of hisses -- hispanics as eau percentage of the electorate went up. that really made a difference for them. gwen: and the democratic conservative caucus in the house, known as the blue dogs, they've been basically decimated. half of them were defeated which is why nancy pelosi can count noses and figures she can get elected. on the senate side, new senators like joe manchin who wran -- ran by attacking, running against barack obama, i think mitch mcconnell is thinking he can count on him. >> two years from now it

the tight battle between senate majority leader harry reid and sharron angle. we predict marco rubio the winner of a three-way race with independent charlie crist and democrat kendrick meek. richard blumenthal over republican linda mcmahon. christopher coons defeats christine o'donnell who made the ad saying she wasn't a witch. in in ohio, rob portman defeats lee fisher. bob, there is a possibility the republican could control the senate. >> reporter: if there is good news for the democrats tonight it is probably they will hold onto the senate. mitch mcconnell, who is the senate republican leader says they are probably going to hold all the republican seats that they have up tonight, but he says if they're going to take the senate they're going to have to take 10 of those 12 senate seats right there that are now held by democrats. now, they've already taken three of them, but the important thing is the republicans -- the democrats have taken two, which means if the democrats are going to lose control of the senate, republicans have to get all the rest of those

sharron angle has the intensity of the tea party movement on her side. harry reid's got the get out the vote operation on his side. this one is going to be a nail biter. >> what happens in vegas this year will be heard across the country. john yang in nevada for us tonight. >>> to the rockies we go. it could be a long night in california. colorado, rather. a crucial senate race in colorado. one of the tightest in the country. tom costello covering out of denver. hey, tom, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. john talked about voter turnout. that's what it's all about here. talking about the tea party favorite, ken buck, up against the incumbent michael bennett. most polls show buck has a point or so advantage. he's benefiting from a very strong republican voter turnout. however, analysts say he has what they say boot in mouth disease. on the other side, the democrats are desperate to hold on to a state obama held two years ago. they're pouring money into the state. total so far, $40 million spent on the senate race. more outside money than any

if it's that close between sharron angle and harry reid tonight, none of the above may hold the margin of victory. >> woodruff: which is what a lot of people are watching for. back to jeff brown here in washington. jeff, we know that the republicans are rolling out some of their principal spokes people. haley barbour, the head of the governors association and soon tonight i think you're going to hear from mitch mcconnell the senate majority leader. i think you mentioned earlier john boehner. is there a theme to the message you're expecting to hear from them? >> well, the theme started early on from the first speakers which was it's really what we've been hearing throughout the campaign. time to end democratic rule. time to roll back many of the president's policies. and most of all listen to the american people. again this goes back to what you and i talked about earlier tonight, judy, and to your interview last night with haley barbour who will be speaking here in a little while. the notion that, yes, we expect to win tonight. let's not say it's all about us. let's listen to the ameri

i saw an ad against sharron angle. old people will be dying in the streets. sex add directs running through the neighborhoods. i don't think the ads are that effective when you've seen your 8,000th ad. the idea you're going to be able to trace one ad to an election victory i think that almost never happens night do you think the outside money-- we have to go here in a money-- but the outside money has contributed to the tone of the campaign, to the, quote, nastiness that is in aate lot of these ads. >> both sides have been overwhelmingly negative. there's no accountableability, jim. it isn't my saying i'm the attacking jim lehrer. he double parks. he doesn't return library books. and i'm mark shields and i paid for this. this is some bogus group with a euphemistic name attached to it. they can say david brooks is a known public.... >> that's true. >> lehrer: we get the point. >> thesbian. >> i intuitively agree with that. it has to have a corrosive effect. >> lehrer: the dialogue. >> i saw a study recently where they measured public cynicism in districts with

i saw an ad against sharron angle. old people will be dying in the streets. sex add directs running through the neighborhoods. i don't think the ads are that effective when you've seen your 8,000th ad. he idea you're going to be able to trace one ad to an election victory i think that almost never happens night do you think the outside money-- we have to go here in a money-- but the outside money has contributed to the tone of the campaign, to the, quote, nastiness that is in aate lot of these ads. >> both sides have been overwhelmingly negative. there's no accountableability, jim. it isn't my saying i'm the attacking jim lehrer. he double parks. he doesn't return library books. and i'm mark shields and i paid for this. this is some bogus group with a euphemistic name attached to it. they can say david brooks is a known public.... >> that's true. >> lehrer: we get the point. >> thesbian. >> i intuitively agree with that. it has to have a corrosive effect. >> lehrer: the dialogue. >> i saw a study recently where they measured public cynicism in districts with

sarah palin may end up being the sharron angle -- not christine o'donnell. i'm saying there could be a flawed candidate. she may be unstoppable if she goes for it. megyn: jed bush, huckabee, romney. >> i think romney would be a strong candidate. huckabee would be strong. can any of those people get the nomination, can they beat sarah palin? there are a lot of factors, clearly the economy is one of them. as we saw in this last election you tphopl in it a flawed candidate it can be of big benefit to a democrat, such as in harry reid's case. >> the. megyn: the second thing that he points out as a problem for president obama is an essential feature of successful presidents in the past is they find ways to broaden their coalitions. he points out that president obama has lost support in every conceivable subgroup basically, young voters, liberals, conservatives, college grads, post grad professionals, on it goes. he's going in the wrong direction. >> the first thing i'd say about that is i don't think any path start -- president started with this broad support bas

the sharron angles, the joe millers, the comic relief on the east coast, tancredo and california. although some did get in. now, you've got these cats that are a running around and it will be up to the republican leadership to herd them. but isn't it in the best political interest of the republican party to maintain this gridlock with the bigger prize being to defeat obama? >> whit? >> well, i mean, again, the point that i was making before while the tea party -- the tea party is fueled by failure in washington. and so the more -- the greater the perception of failure in washington, the more gas you put in the tea party tank. the danger -- and so, you know, on the surface if you're a republican you think well, that's great. the danger, however, is having that tea party wave actually then come crashing down on every establishment republican -- people like orrin hatch is now looking at a primary challenge in utah. i mean, just a few years ago, that notion would have been absurd. and so -- and lindsey graham in south carolina. and so there are going to be -- there are always going to

he defeated tea-party-backed sharron angle. how did he avoid the republican wave? senator reid good enough to join us this morning. congratulations on your victory. >> thank you very much. appreciate it. >> when you hear the numbers, that the people in nevada believe you have been in washington too long, and they disawe prove of the job you're doing, over half of the people in nevada, what do you say to them this morning? >> i say thanks for voting for me. >> and how can you -- >> by nevada's standards, i had 41,000 more votes than my opponent. there was a choice to be made. the nevada people made the choice. i look forward to working with senator demint. i would like to call mitch mcconnell later today. i haven't been to bed yet tonight. john boehner and i worked together for many years. i look forward to working with him. we need to look at what happened. what happened is that we now have a new house speaker is a new speaker. the founding fathers set up the government in a unique way. we can't avoid the principle of moving the country forward unless we work toget

but -- >> reporter: but we heard sharron angle to tell her opponent to -- >> man-up. >> reporter: and it's a campaign where republicans called independents bad names. >> i've never had a heckler next to me. >> reporter: democrats called republicans bad names. >> a whore. >> reporter: politicians called reporters bad names. >> they're corrupt bastards, chris. >> reporter: if reporters are so bad, why does everyone want in our face? that language can get your hair out of place. >> saw barbara boxer briefly on television this morning. and said what everyone says. what is that hair? >> reporter: the bickering gets

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sharron angle in nevada and ken buck were the two highest profile senate races of these elections. both of those candidates in both of those incredibly hard-fought races said things on the record during the campaign about the war in afghanistan that were -- oh, boy, take your pick. either completely incoherent or suitable for framing as part of a diagnostic manual for -- [ whistles ] the opponents did not even bother to make political hay out of what these two political candidates said. they left this stuff on the table. in these two elections where i thought they left nothing on the table. the democrats left this on the table. >> we have two wars we're prosecuting right now. you haven't talked about how we would prosecute those wars. no answer at all? you are literally staying silent about the two wars we're in right now? >> no. the two wars -- it's exactly what we're in. >> just to be clear, sharron angle's only on the record statement to reporters during her u.s. senate campaign, her only on-the-record statement about america's wars was, quoting her exactly, "the two wars that w

god it sounds like sharron angle. congressman-elect west announced today with deep regret that kauffman declined his offer to be his new chief of staff. west add, however that he will always seek joyce's council so he can be what he calls a good representative of his congressional district. >>> time now for tonight's "big number." president george w. bush made his comeback this week, how did it go? on its first day the book sold 220,000 copy. random house's highest opening day sale since president clinton's autobiography. gets a strong start. 220,000 sold. tonight's "big number." >>> up next -- the tea party's look for a few more scalps in 2012 and it has its eyes on senator orrin hatch of utah and olympia snowe up in maine. how worried should they be? i'd say a lot. our strategists join us next. you're watching "hardball" only on msnbc. >>> hello, everyone. >>> welcome back to "hardball." the republicans may have just fought successfully in the 2010 midterms but they're already potentials coming up in the next electi

so people who did not want to vote for harry reid had the choice of voting for sharron angle or none of the above. so maybe none of the above actually saved harry reid. >> larry: ben, what surprised you? >> i guess what surprised me is that as karl rove has been saying, and i think he knows politics, we now have in this economically depressed rust belt area around the great lakes a solid chain of republican governors. something that would have been thought impossible a couple years ago. so that just amazes me. and if the republicans play their cards right, but i don't know how they do it, it puts them in a very strong position for the next election. but solid republican belt around the great lakes? that's amazing. >> larry: do we have a bellwether candidate coming forward? >> i don't know. i just don't know who the candidate is going to be. i love haley barbour. i think he's a very smart guy. i don't know if he wants to do it. p apparently, they say his wife doesn't like politics. that's kind of funny his wife doesn't like politics considering what he's been doing the last few years

so people who did not want to vote for harry reid had the choice of voting for sharron angle or none of the above. so maybe none of the above actually saved harry reid. >> larry: ben, what surprised you? >> i guess what surprised me is that as karl rove has been saying, and i think he knows politics, we now have in this economically depressed rust belt area around the great lakes a solid chain of republican governors. something that would have been thought impossible a couple years ago. so that just amazes me. and if the republicans play their cards right, but i don't know how they do it, it puts them in a very strong position for the next election. but solid republican belt around the great lakes? that's amazing. >> larry: do we have a bellwether candidate coming forward? >> i don't know. i just don't know who the candidate is going to be. i love haley barbour. i think he's a very smart guy. i don't know if he wants to do it. apparently, they say his wife doesn't like politics. that's kind of funny his wife doesn't like politics considering what he's been doing the last few years bu

you got sharron angle running. you have most of these people not doing interviews or taking questions. if they want to get into the government, they have not told us much about them. i heard comments about marker rubio, whereas, he may be an attractive candidate -- margo rubio, but there is a lot of stuff going on behind the scenes that people cannot know about -- marco rubio. i will go back to what i said earlier, i think president obama has done the best job he could do. you had the war off the books and so many things. he put that on and that is what makes the spending look a little bit worse. but those things were not done prior to him. if i had to say who i admire the most, it would be our president barack obama, plus they are trying to make a scary person out of reid and pelosi -- always reid, pelosi, obama, just have a bogeyman but these people who are going in, a tea party candidate, trust me, they are not the ones that i will look for any kind of leadership. host: more from the papers across the country. o

for democrats, the good news is a convincing win for harry reid over the tea party backed sharron angle, with strong support from nevada's latino voters. >> the main lesson i got from what the vote was yesterday, people want us to work together. >> reporter: this afternoon, colorado was called for democrats. appointed senator michael bennett wins the seat on his own. >> i'm not going back to washington to play politics, i'm going back there to fight for more jobs, better jobs. >> reporter: and with joe manchin's win, democrats held west virginia, where the president is unpopular. >> i believe washington can learn a few lessons from west virginia. a little common sense goes a long way. i can tell you that. >> reporter: in the house, republicans picked up at least 60 seats. six in the senate, but there democrats hold onto control. and we're still waiting for winners in two senate races, alaska and washington state. it will take a while. and brian, change can sweep you in and out. 18-term congressman jim overstar, one of several democratic committee chairs, defeated. he first came to offic

. >> the people here are hoping to see the tea party candidate in nevada, sharron angle, but she does not turn up. >> i just talked to sarah palin. >> some are disappointed and leave before the end of the rally. but the singer stays right to the end of the tour. he says the tea party movement has already achieved something important, making politics interesting again. >> this movement has awoken the public and in gauged the public in politics. whether or not they are from the tea party, the left and right are going to be held accountable to a new standard, and i think that is really important. >> but the tea party movement still has to prove whether it can move beyond show to real political actions. >> we will have more on the elections as the voting returns come in. please join us for that.

happy couple, sharron angle and harry reid. it looks like she has the edge, would you say? >> in the polls, she is ahead. out of the margin of error, but she has been consistently ahead, so that is good for her. it really does come down to turnout, because it is that close to both sides are working really hard. some of the early voting patterns suggest that the republicans have the best of that as well. it does not look good for harry reid in nevada right now. >> even if he wins, i would not put any money on his remaining leader. >> 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

i think what he meant was about supporting people like sharron angle. sharron angle's candidacy ultimately was bad for the republican party's immediate needs. because she lost that race and a more sane rin think would have held onto it and so i think that he's actually trying to say they're not just supporting republicans, they're supporting a very specific type of republican. but that's -- i mean that's one that definitely deserves further debate. >> you know, rachel, we can take a wide swath here on cable talk shows in america. we're not the network "nightly news," you'll see it -- a totally different product on all of the network and yet people come and watch what we do. what's your philosophy? why do people watch cable shows in your opinion. >> i think to try to make sense of the world. i think that there's a lot of different places that you can get plain, factual information in the world. we can get it -- you know, even just on the way to work you can pick up a newspaper, you can -- you can watch dayside cable television which is generally pretty p

. >> reporter: reid's opponent, sharron angle, comes with the tea party backing that's shaken up so many races this election cycle. >> when they can't attack you on substance, they try to call you names. >> reporter: a group that tracks campaign ads, says this election cycle and its 700 political ads are the most negative on record, with both parties, roughry, equally negative. candidates are fond of saying that the only poll that matters is the poll on election day. but both parties aware of this poll. among likely voters, 74% of republicans say they've already voted or they will be at the polls today. that number, just 59% for democrats. rob? >> all right. emily schmidt this morning, on this election day, in washington. thanks, emily. >>> this is the third, major election in a row where candidates are promising to bring change to washington. but will the change happen? our chief political correspondent, george stephanopoulos, has a preview of the key races to watch as the results come in. >> the last election, voters that wanted a change, voted overwhelmingly for president obama. this

. >> i'm talking candidates like sharron angle. to take back america. >> reporter: angle was her biggest loss, but not her biggest gamble. >> i'm not a witch. >> reporter: palin protege christine o'donnell may not be a witch, but last night, she wasn't a winner, either. >> thank you. thank you so much, everyone. >> my endorsement allowed a little bit of a boost to get people to pay attention to what she was saying, so, given a choice, i'm going to go with the common sense conservative in a race. >> she is a phenomenon, but she is not a vote getter. she does not have the machine. she is about bringing some hype. she, in some ways, can help bring some money and attention. but she's not about delivering votes. >> reporter: the thing about sarah palin is, she doesn't care what the experts think. she seemed eager to throw her support behind obscure new comers despite the risk. take sean duffy. he's best known as one of the seven strangers of mtv's "real world boston." >> we are going to disneyland. >> reporter: duffy won. and so did ala