Not close. And four years later in an environment that is more hostile, kay hagan comes pretty close to winning a senate seat despite 125 million being spent, and she did that in large part because we turned out tens of thousands of more of the most disenfranchised people in the country in a state where republicans shortened the early vote period from two weeks to one week and eliminated a lot of the easilyaccessible voting sites for africanamericans and for young people. Thats the lesson that democrats have to take. Theres no question there are a lot of disappointed democrats and my message to them is take a few days, have a drink or two, get a little bit of rest, pick yourself back up because theres an election in two years and thats what we should be looking at over the next couple of months for what is going to definitely be another election cycle. The one candidate for president to did go to campaign with gary peters is the senator elect. What is next for you . I think i have four
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Republicans expanded their majority in the house of representatives. This is 15 minutes. I missed you all. That is what the president said yesterday. He did . I hope you did not believe it. Never do. [laughter] good. Im going to start by congratulating my friend, senator Mitch Mcconnell. As you know, mitch and i have worked very closely together over the last eight years and i dont think i could ask for a better partner or do i think the senate could have a better majority leader than Mitch Mcconnell. Also, i express my gratitude to the people of ohios eighth congressional district. You know, my mission is the same today as it was in 1990 when i was first elected to build a smaller, less costly, more Accountable Government here in washington, d. C. And right now i believe that means continuing to listen, to make the American Peoples priorities our priorities and to confront the big challenges that face middle class families starting with the economy. You have heard me talk many times a
Courts i missed you all. I missed you all. You did . I hope you did not believe it. Never do. [laughter] good. Im going to start by congratulating my friend, senator Mitch Mcconnell. As you know, mitch and i have worked very closely together over the last eight years and i dont think i could ask for a better partner or do i think the senate could have a better majority leader than Mitch Mcconnell. Also, i express my gratitude to the people of ohios eighth congressional district. You know, my mission is the same today as it was in 1990 when i was first elected to build a smaller, less costly, more Accountable Government here in washington, d. C. And right now i believe that means continuing to listen, to make the American Peoples priorities our priorities and to confront the big challenges that face middle class families starting with the economy. You have heard me talk many times about the many jobs bills that the Outgoing Senate majority has ignored. Those bills will offer the congres
Waiting periods in certain parts of the country that veterans have to experience. That is what i would make on this. It has been a tough year of the v. A. A of criticism and a lot of it justified. It is completely unacceptable. Not tolerable that anyone would dr. The books and we have to do with those people. At the end of the day, what i hope every veteran in america understands, what i know that the vast majority of my state of vermont understands, is once you get into the v. A. , the quality of care is quite good. That is what all the veterans organizations say and it is true. You can see that entire interview with vermont senator Bernie Sanders at 6 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan. Next, journalists discuss the midterm elections by looking at the results and how they were covered by the media. Us was part of a form hosted by cq roll call. It is an hour. Im the politics editor at rollcall. This panel is entitled what happened . Joining me today is nathan gonzales, the Deputy Editor of the