newman, whose brilliant career made us all better. nightly news begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television good evening. if there is a lesson from last night, here it is. the tea party is for real, in case anyone had any doubts. and within the republican party, you could see some veteran politicians adjusting to that idea after watching a few establishment politicians go down to defeat last night. they were primary elections last night in a number of important places and races. the message of voter discontent, and the status quo, loud and clear. while that was last night s result, and november is something else entirely, lots of people awoke to a new political reality today. but there s a lot of that going around, starting in delaware where our own kelly o donnell starts us off tonight. kelly, good evening. reporter: good evening, brian. tonight, democrats and tea party supporters are excited about the same big upset here, each believing it can help their
homosexuals are homosapiens. and how homosexual rights and privileges have eroded employer s rights and destroyed religious freedom. how i ever missed pat robinson s anti-fornicator s region he not university with liberty university is beyond me. i m not sure why i would ever make that association, and i would like to promise i would never make that association again, but i cannot be entirely sure. that said, i am still sorry about it. that does it for us tonight. we ll see you again tomorrow night from new york. hardball is next. good night. so it s official. harry reid tells mitch mcconnell he s using reconciliation. harry reid is playing hardball, and so are we. good evening, i m chuck todd, and reconcile this. harry reid takes off the gloves and plays his own version of hardball. the one-time boxer turned senate majority leader formally notified his republican counterpart, mitch mcconnell, that he will use the senate rule to get those fixes to health care pass. any re