The Romney Administration

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Senate also passes a Higher Education Reform Bill and House Agrees to pass Senate version of Bill


Summary of the Affordable Higher Education Act of 2014:

- Giving Students who finish in the Top 20% in their graduating class a choice between receiving a  full ride scholarship to any university in their state, or a Scholarship which covers half the student's total costs to attend a college which is outside their own state.

- Increases Tuition Deduction Tax Deduction to $7,500 a year

- Requiring all public universities to be fully transparent about career prospects of each of their degree programs

- Waiving requirements to take certain classes in obtaining the degree if someone gained equivalent knowledge through internships or jobs

- Increasing funding to trade schools while reducing funding to degree programs that don't have good career prospects

I hope that any Democrat who (voted for this bill/decided to not filibuster this bill in the Senate) with this outright indefensible segment intact gets primaried.

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Senate also passes a Higher Education Reform Bill and House Agrees to pass Senate version of Bill


Summary of the Affordable Higher Education Act of 2014:

- Giving Students who finish in the Top 20% in their graduating class a choice between receiving a  full ride scholarship to any university in their state, or a Scholarship which covers half the student's total costs to attend a college which is outside their own state.

- Increases Tuition Deduction Tax Deduction to $7,500 a year

- Requiring all public universities to be fully transparent about career prospects of each of their degree programs

- Waiving requirements to take certain classes in obtaining the degree if someone gained equivalent knowledge through internships or jobs

- Increasing funding to trade schools while reducing funding to degree programs that don't have good career prospects

I hope that any Democrat who (voted for this bill/decided to not filibuster this bill in the Senate) with this outright indefensible segment intact gets primaried.

These were the Democrats who voted for it: Manchin, Baucus , Pryor , Begich, Warner who voted for it.

Begich won his primary and Warner and Pryor already were already the nominees by the time the time they voted for this bill.


Lastly most of the Democrats who voted against the bill didn’t vote against it for that provision they voted against it because of that last provision

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I'd probably vote against it if I was a Senator. It's very technocratic and basically attack on humanitaries- the third and last provisions are awful, in my opinion.

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US to impose Ebola related travel restrictions for people traeling from Western Africa


Details of Travel Restrictions:


- Requires all flights from Liberia , Sierre Leone, Guinea to fly to US airports which have proper Ebola-related Screening protocols in place when they first enter the US

- Makes medical examination process stricter for visa applicants from those countries

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2014 Midterms: Revelations of a potential cover-up of ethical violations committed by Kitzhaber's fiancee Cynthia Hayes turns Oregon Gubernatorial Race into a Tossup



Anderson Cooper: New Revelations of Kitzhaber potentially covering up past ethical violations committed by his fiancee has turned what was once viewed as a safe reelection victory into a tossup as his lead in the polls have dropped from a double-digit margin down to only two points over his Republican Challenger Allan Alley.

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Romney campagining with Senate GOP candidates



Romney Campaigning for Senate Candidate David Perdue



Romney Campaigning for Chris Sununu  



Romney Campaigning for Tom Cotton



Romney Campaigning for Thom Tilllis



Romney Campaigning for Mary Taylor

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I am actually quite intelligent.

The issue with a provision like that is that it fails to deal with any of the problems with colleges today. Due to flaws in how the US Education system is set up, higher performing students are usually among those that come from more successful, and wealthier families. These families are generally the families that already have the money to finance the college expenses of their children without help from the government. Meaning, the people who can already afford college are now getting it for free, and the people who cannot afford college are still unable to afford it. This results in an increase of income inequality.

In addition, the use of a percentile or rank instead of a raw measure as a qualification discourages students from helping each other when another student is struggling, and rewards students who engage in activity that disrupts the learning environment for other students.

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I am actually quite intelligent.

The issue with a provision like that is that it fails to deal with any of the problems with colleges today. Due to flaws in how the US Education system is set up, higher performing students are usually among those that come from more successful, and wealthier families. These families are generally the families that already have the money to finance the college expenses of their children without help from the government. Meaning, the people who can already afford college are now getting it for free, and the people who cannot afford college are still unable to afford it. This results in an increase of income inequality.

In addition, the use of a percentile or rank instead of a raw measure as a qualification discourages students from helping each other when another student is struggling, and rewards students who engage in activity that disrupts the learning environment for other students.

Well it’s by graduating class not by everyone in the entire state

So people who go to struggling schools /districts only get compared to people in that school/district

[erſatz-york]

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I am actually quite intelligent.

The issue with a provision like that is that it fails to deal with any of the problems with colleges today. Due to flaws in how the US Education system is set up, higher performing students are usually among those that come from more successful, and wealthier families. These families are generally the families that already have the money to finance the college expenses of their children without help from the government. Meaning, the people who can already afford college are now getting it for free, and the people who cannot afford college are still unable to afford it. This results in an increase of income inequality.

In addition, the use of a percentile or rank instead of a raw measure as a qualification discourages students from helping each other when another student is struggling, and rewards students who engage in activity that disrupts the learning environment for other students.

Well it’s by graduating class not by everyone in the entire state

So people who go to struggling schools /districts only get compared to people in that school/district

This is the most salient point, imo. If it were the top 20% from across the state, then Solid’s criticisms would have some merit.

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2014 Midterms Final CNN Battle Ground Map

Senate:

Republicans 56
Democrats 38
Tossups 6

John King : As you can see on this map Republicans need 4 of these 6 tossup races to get to 60 and we believe that out of these remaining ones Alaska is leaning Democratic while Arkansas and Ohio is leaning Republican which means now there are only 3 tossup states left : New Hampshire, North Carolina, and Georgia . Democrats are trying really hard at taking Georiga as they believe if they take Georgia they likely will hold North Carolina which means they will hold the GOP to 59 seats , so Georgia could be that state that decides whether GOP gets to 60 or not.


Governors  

John King : All I Have to say about this is that we could see massive amount of turnover in the gubernatorial races on Tuesday.  I mean we are already predicting 4 states to flip and 9 more are vulnerable to flip which means we could see 13 gubernatorial races flip on Tuesday.



Key:

Blue= Republican Hold
Light Blue = Republican Gain
Red= Democratic Hold
Light Red= Democratic Gain
Green = Tossup

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CNN - America's Choice 2014 (Hour One)



7:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz9xY_CoC_M

Wolf Blitzer: Welcome to CNN's Coverage of the 2014 Midterm where we will be telling you what the makeup of Congress will be over the next two years , and which people will be elected or reelected as Governors tonight. CNN is already ready to make its first projections and in the Senate, we can project that Senate Majority Leader McConnell will be reelected as Kentucky Senator and Tim Scott will finish out  the current Term as Senator of South Carolina and Lindesy Graham will be reelected as Senator of that state. In Virginia and in Georgia we are currently saying it is still too early to call.

Republicans 44
Democrats 22

In the Governors Race we can project that Nikki Haley will be reelected as Governor of South Carolina and Peter Shumlin will be elected as Governor of Vermont . In Georgia we are saying it is too early to call.  In Florida, the polls havent closed in the entire state so we wont be making any projection yet

In the House CNN can project that when this night is over the Republicans will have the majoirty and will hold anywhere from 252 to 263 seats in the House of Representetives .

Now lets meet our CNN election team of John King , Anderson Cooper , Jake Tapper,  Dana Bash, and Gloria Borger
7:30:
Wolf Blitzer: CNN can now project that Jay Rockefeller will be reelected as Senator of West Virginia. We are also currently saying that Ohio and North Carolina will be too early to call

Republicans 44
Democrats 23

In the Governors Races we are projecting that John Kasich will be reelected as Governor of Ohio

Jake Tapper: So Far there have been no surprises

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CNN - America's Choice 2014 (Hour Two)



8:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz9xY_CoC_M

Wolf Blitzer: It is 8 PM in the east and CNN can now project that in Alabama- Jeff Sessions who ran unopposed will be reelected , in Deleware- Chris Coons will be reelected , in Illionis - Senator  Dick Durbin will be reelected, in Maine - Senator Collins will be reelected , in Massachuttes - Senator Kerry the 2004 Democratic Nominee will be reelected , in Mississippi - Senator Thad Chochran will be reelected , in New Jersey- Senator Cory Booker will win his first full term as Senator, in Oklahoma - Mr.James Lanford will be the next senator of that state and Jim Inhofe will be reelected as senator from that state, in Rhode Island - Senator Jack Reed will be reelected in a landslide, and in Tennessee - Senator Lamar Alexander will be reelected in a landslide as well . The Senate Seats in New Hampshire is still too early to call.

Republicans 50
Democrats 28

So while this is no Surprise CNN can now say with certianity the Republicans will control the Senate for the next two years

In the Governors Races we can project that in Alabama - Robert Bentley will be reelected , in Oklahoma - Governor Mary Fallin will be reelected, in Pennsylvania - we can project that the Democratic Challenger Tom Wolf will be the next governor of the state, in Rhode Island state Treasurer Gina Raimondo will be elected ,and in Tennessee - Governor Haslam will be reelected in a landslide
We can also say at this moment Connecticut, Florida , Illinois , Kansas , Maine, Maryland, Massachuttes,  New Hampshire are all too early to call

Lets Go to John King who will give an update on the Georgia and North Carolina  Senate Races


John King: Well so far in Georgia it is just like we expected, and remember the keys for Michelle Nunn to win is for her not only to run up her margins in Atlanta , but she must do well in the suburbs as well. So far she is winning in Cobb, Henry, Newton , and outperforming in Fayette but the question is will it be enough to make up for losing so big every where else in the State. I dont know but it is certianly possible.


In North Carolina so far it is shaping up to be a close race , Hagen is doing good in Charlotte, and Railegh and Mr. Tillis is doing good in the states Rural Areas and Suburbs just like we expected. So this race likely wont be decided for quite some time and until we see more raw numbers in this could take quite a while to predict.

Bash: It looks like we wont know if the Dems will be able to hold the GOP from getting 60 or not till tommorrow at least.

8:30

Wolf Blitzer : CNN can now project that Senator Mary Taylor will finish out Vice President Portman's term as Senator of Ohio . We can also project that Senator Mark Warner will be reelected as Senator of Virginia by a pretty healthy margin. Arkansas we currently believe is too early to call

Republicans 51
Democrats 29

In the Gubernatorial races, we can project Asa Hutchinson will be the next Governor of Arkansas and in Maryland- Lieutenant Governor  Anthony Brown will be elected Governor.

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CNN - America's Choice 2014 (Hour Three)



9:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz9xY_CoC_M

Wolf Blitzer: Its 9:00 PM in the East and CNN can now project that in Kansas- Senator Pat Roberts will be reelected, in Michigan - Senator Gary Peters will be reelected, in Minnesota- Al Franken will be reelected , in Nebraska - Ben Sasse will be reelected in a landslide , in New Mexico - Tom Udall will be reelected , in South Dakota - Mike Rounds will be elected which will give the Republicans their first pickup of the night, in Texas- John Cornyn will be reelected in a landslide , Wyoming - Senator Mike Enzie will be reelected easily .

The races in Colorado , Louisiana we can project are still to early to call

Republicans 56(+1)
Democrats 32(-1)


In the Governors Races we can project that Doug Dacey will be elected as Governor of Arizona, in Colorado - John Hickenlooper will be reelected , in Minnesota - Mark Dayton will be reelected , in Nebraska- Former Lieutenant Governor Dave Heineman will be elected, in New Mexico - Governor Martinez will be reelected , in New York- Governor Andrew Cuomo will be reelected as he will defeat Donald Trump , in South Dakota - Governor Dennis Daugaard will be reelected in a landslide, in Texas- State Attoreny General Greg Abbott will be elected , and in Wyoming - Governor Matt Mead will easily be reelected

At this moment Michigan , and Wisconsin are too early to call

Lets go Over to our panel here for a discussion with Van Jones and Ana Navarro. Ana you first whats your reaction

Navarro- In my opinion, this is a big night for Republicans, and even though people may claim it was a favorable map for them the fact is they are still doing this well and that is because they are governing well. In the House at his point CNN projection is Republicans at most will lost 7 seats and at best finish even which means they will have held on to most of the gains they made on the President's Coattails in 2012.

Van Jones- For Democrats I dont think the Senate has been bad for the Democrats because the map did not favor them going in to this cycle and the Governors races while yes they are underperforming in New England , Republicans have also had many states they are underperforming in so thats a wash . What really concerns me is the House races as in my belief the Republicans will likely only lose around 3-5 seats and that numbers easily could have been 15-20 if not for this very divisive Democratic primary in 2014 and all I have to say is if Romney remains as popular as he is in 2016 and the Democratic primary is as divisive then as it was this year , Romney will win big and will win some states which are viewed as Solidly Democratic States . So all I have to tell the Democrats is yes its alright to have a contested primary, we had one in 2008 but dont have a divisive one which can divide the party going in the general.


Gloria Borger- I agree the fact is the Presidents Approval currently is 60% and say even if it drops a three points in 2016 he could win 57% of the popular vote and that would mean even a few Democratic States on the West and East Coast could fall to the GOP . If they want his approval to drop more , either two things have to happen , 1. the state of the country is in bad shape or he has a scandal which I hope no one wants that to happen and 2. Democrats win an issue based campaign against him and that cant happen if there is a divisive primary with personal attacks because by the general it will be too late to stop the President from easily getting reelected.



9:40

Wolf Blitzer - We have some more Governors races to call and that is that in New Hampshire Businessman Walt Havenstein will be elected and in Wisconsin - Governor Scott Walker will be reelected . We can also project that in Maine - Congressman Mike Michaud will be the next Governor of that State as he will defeat Republican Paul Lepage

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CNN - America's Choice 2014 (Hour Four)



10:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz9xY_CoC_M

Its 10 PM in the east and CNN is saying that currently, the Senate races in Iowa and Montana are too early too call. We are also ready to project that in Arkansas that Representative Tom Cotton will be the next Senator of that state and we can also project that in Colorado- Mark Udall will win reelection.

Republicans 57(+2)
Democrats 33(-2)


In the gubernatorial races, CNN can now project that in Iowa Governor Terry Branstad will be elected to a historic 6th term in office, in Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval will be reelected in a landslide. We can also project that Republicans will win the Governor seat in solid Democratic territory in Massachuttes as Charlie Christ will defeat Martha Coakley. For the Democrats, we can project that they too will win a Governors race in solid Republican territory as we can project Paul Davis will beat Governor Brownback to be the next Governor of Kansas, and lastly, we can project they will pick up another race in Michigan as we can project that State Senate Minority Leader Gretchen Whitmer will be the next governor of that state

Lets go over to Jake Tapper for his reaction


Jake Tapper: Two states which are considered extremely partisan Kansas and Massachuttes will now have a Governor of the opposite party than the state usually votes. In my opinion that is due to Brownback's unpopularity and Coakley just being a bad candidate as remember she lost Ted Kennedy's seat as well.

Blitzer: Now lets go over to John King for some details on the close senate races tonight.

King: Just to let people no Montana and Iowa while they werent called doesnt mean they are in play, it just that they are literally too early to call. Now lets first go to New Hampshire where so far Sununu has got the votes he needed in the rural areas and is doing better than a Republican does in Concord . In Georgia and North Carolina same as earlier both candidates in both races are doing as well as they need to percent wise , it looks like it will come down to two or three counties and the raw numbers in their counties.


10:35

Blitzer: CNN Can now project in New Hampshire -Chris Sununu son of former Governor John H Sununu and bother of former Senator John E Sununu will be the next senator from the state and in Montana- former governor Brian Schweitzer will be the next senator from that state. We can also project that in Louisiana - Senator Mary Landrieu will be reelected as Senator from that State as she will get over 50% of the vote when this night is over.

Republicans 58(+3)
Democrats 35(-3)


Dana Bash: That means now we are at the critical point in that if every senate seat left outstanding votes the same way it did last time the Republicans will have enough senators to have a filibuster proof majority.

Newt Gingrich: Let me jump in saying how tonight is a great night this has been for the Republicans. The thing is the GOP will have very minimal losses in the house, CNN currently is projecting it will be anywhere from 1-5 seats that they will lose which in my opinion is more impressive than 2002 as in in 2002 they had a very minimal sized majoirty and still had a pretty small one afterwards while now they will still have a big one. Also in the Senate in my opinion its very likely now Republicans will get to 60 and even if they dont they will only need 1 democratic senator to break a filibuster which they easily should be able to do over the next two years.

Paul Begala: Well the fact is GOP was lucky due to the fact that the map was this favorable to them today. If we had 2016 map up today I believe the GOP probably would be losing one or two seats instead of gaining them.

Van Jones: Well, in my opinion, I hope dems are not taking tonight lightly cause their performance in the House was terrible and the fact is they in my opinion could have held the GOP to maybe only a 1 seat gain in the senate. The fact is if they dont learn their lessons from this year about what a bitter primary season can do , 2016 will make even 2012 look like nothing.

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CNN - America's Choice 2014 (Hour Five)



11:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz9xY_CoC_M

Wolf Blitzer: The Polls have closed in the West and we can project that in Idaho - Senator Jim Risch has been reelected, in Oregon - Senator  Jeff Merkley will be reelected , in Hawaii - Senator Brian Schatz will finish out the term of the late Senator Daniel Inouye. We can also project that in Iowa - Congressman Bruce Balley has defeated Joni Ernst and will be the next Senator from that state.

Republicans 59(+3)
Democrats 38(-3)

Anderson Cooper: That means all Republicans need is any one of the remaining outstanding senate seats to get to 60.

Wolf Blitzer: Right but we also have some more gubernatorial races to project. In Idaho, we can project that Governor Butch Otter will be reelected, in California we can project that Governor Jerry Brown will be elected to his 4th term , and in Hawaii we can project that State Senator David Ige will be elected Governor of the State. We can also project that in Florida - Former Senator Bill Nelson will defeat Governor Rick Scott and will become the first Democrat to win a gubernatorial race there since 1994, and we can project that in Georgia - Representive Nathen Deal will be the next governor of the state. Currently, we believe that Oregon is too close to call

Now lets go over to John King for latus update on Georgia and North Carolina

John King: Well currently it is more likely for the Republicans to take North Carolina than Georgia as Michelle Nunn seemingly has overperformed in the Atlanta subrubs , and has taken the lead. In my opinion this race now will be basically whether Nunn can get 50% tonight or will we have  a runoff . In North Carolina, the race is still almost nearly impossible to call at the moment as the margins in these swing counties are just so close.


11:52

Wolf Blitzer: We have another major projection to make and that is in Illinois where Bruce Rauner as just been elected as the next Governor of the State.

John King: The reason he won the race is simple , he won every county except Cook County and did well in the suburbs of Chicago compared to how Republicans usually do.

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CNN - America's Choice 2014 (Rest of Results)



12:30
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz9xY_CoC_M

Wolf Blitzer: CNN can now project that a Republican will be in the Oregon Gubernatorial Mansion for the first time in 28 years as we can project that Allan Alley will defeat scandal-plagued incumbent governor John Kitzhaber.

John King: What was once viewed as an easy reelection victory for Governor Kitzhaber , things began to fall apart when it was revealed he may have covered up ethical violations and since that point Mr.Alley closed the gap quickly and fast enough especially in the Portland suburban counties like Washington County and many democratic voters in Portland itself decided to opt for third party candidates.

One more thing I have to show is that Mr.Tillis has now taken the lead in North Carolina and it looks like he has the slight edge right at this moment.


1:45
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz9xY_CoC_M

Wolf Blitzer CNN can now project that in Georgia - the Daughter of former Senator Sam Nunn will defeat David Perdue and will be the next Senator from the state

Republicans 59(+2)
Democrats 39(-2)

John King: Mrs.Nunn got the performance she did in Suburban Atlanta as you can see here , and thanks do those huge inroads the Democrats will win that Senate Seat tonight. The question now for Democrats is if they can hold North Carolina and in my opinion it will now be difficult to do so as Tillis has won key counties such as Wayne and not much of the Democratic vote is left to be counted so we will see



2:36:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz9xY_CoC_M

Wolf Blitzer: Stand by we have a major call to make


CNN Banner Flashes: Republicans to have a filibuster proof majoirty in Senate

Wolf Blitzer: CNN can now project that the Republicans will have a filibuster-proof majoirty in the Senate as Thom Tillis will win the Senate Seat in North Carolina which will give the Republicans 60 Seats in the Senate. We can also project that in Alaska Senator Mark Begich will be reelected which means the state of Senate for next two years will be 60 Republicans to 40 Democrats.

Republicans 60(+3)
Democrats 40(-3)


Gloria Broger: Despite losing 3-5 seats in the House tonight and having a very favorable senate map , the fact is the Republicans will have gotten a bigger mandate now as now the democrats ability to filibuster bills to force the Republicans to give a few of their senators a concession or two will be gone.

Ana Navarro: I dont think though Romney will pursue a far right agenda as so far he as enacted what he ran on , and that is a Center-Right one not far right.


4:20:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz9xY_CoC_M

CNN can now project that Independent Candidate Bill Walker will be the next Governor of Alaska . We can also project that Conneticut Governor Dan Malloy will be reelected

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There is no way Hagan or Shaheen would lose in a Republican midterm.

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There is no way Hagan or Shaheen would lose in a Republican midterm.

The reason for that is NH and NC  will be a lot different in this timeline than they are in OTL( espically NH)


Those states also won’t be the only states to be completely different in this TL than OTL (and some of those changes will benefit the Democrats while some will benefit the GOP).

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Even with Romney at 60% approval, 2014 midterms are slightly better for Democrats... No Gov. Hogan or Sen. Cassidy. Very excited about Senators Brian Schweitzer and Michelle Nunn! Great TL!

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Even with Romney at 60% approval, 2014 midterms are slightly better for Democrats... No Gov. Hogan or Sen. Cassidy. Very excited about Senators Brian Schweitzer and Michelle Nunn! Great TL!

Thanks

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2014 Midterm Election Final Results:

Senate:

Republicans 60(+3)
Democrats 40(-3)


Races decided by 3 points or less:


North Carolina : Tom Tillis 48.3% Kay Hagen 42.2%
Georgia : Michelle Nunn 50% David Perdue 49.6%
Alaska : Mark Begich 48% Dan Sullivan 46.8%
New Hampshire : Chris Sununu 50.9% Jeanee Shaeen 48%

Gubernatorial Races:

Republicans lose one seat, Independents gain one seat

Races Decided by 3 points or less:

Connecticut: Dannel Malloy 49.5% Thomas Foley 49.4%
Alaska : Bill Walker 47.3% Sean Parnell 46.6%
Illionis : Bruce Rauner 49% Pat Quinn 47.1%
Kansas: Paul Davis : 49% Sam Brownback 46.9%
Massachuttes : Charlie Baker 49% Martha Coakley 46.4%
Oregon: Allen Alley 48.8% John Kitzahber 45.9%



House of Representatives :

Republicans 257(-4)
Democrats 178(+4)


State Legislature:

Republicans 70(-1)
Democrats 29(+2)

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President Romney reacts to results of the Midterm Elections:



Romney: Good Morning everyone, I want to start off by congratulating everyone who was elected last night and I want to let you know that I look forward to working with you to help solve our countries problems over the next few years. For the newly elected Congressman, Senators and Governors I would like you to come to the White House this weekend so we can discuss the different issues facing our various states, and the nation as a whole. I look forward to answering any questions you may have as well as it is my hope that each one of you is successful at your new jobs as if you are successful our nation will be more successful.

Media Question 1: As you may know your party the Republicans not only gained seats in the Senate but now have a filibuster-proof majority as well. So what is your reaction to that

Romney: Well while I am obviously happy that the Republicans in the Senate gained a filibuster-proof majority as it now will be easier for us to pass our agenda , but it also means we have more responsibilities now and we need to prove to the Amercian people everyday that we deserve the trust you have given us.

Media Question 2: Will your agenda change , and will you still work with Democrats

Romney: I will definitely still work with Democratic Senators, as it is in my belief that bills are better when people of different perspectives work together to pass them than bills that are very partisan. As for my agenda , we will not change any plans as the American people , reelected more Republicans to the Senate because they wanted us to continue down the agenda we are currently going on , not pursue a different or a more partisan one.

Media Question 3: Now that you have been President for 2 years , and were Governor for 4 what is some advice you have for the newly elected governors

Romney: My advice to them would be to always be willing to work with people from all sides, and make sure not overreach on your mandate because if you do it will make governing as a whole more difficult .

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George Will explains how Romney could fundamentally change the US political landscape for decades to come



Anderson Cooper: You have said that you believe that Mitt Romney could transform the US political landscape more than any President has done since FDR. Why do you believe that

George Will: Well its simple , for many generations now the Democratic Party has been the party who advocated for solutions on healthcare, and many other issues while the Republican party position on those issues has been we oppose Government run Healthcare, and that would be it. This has been going on sine 1932 when the Democrats were swept into power due to the Great Depression and during that decade FDR and the Democrats began a spell of utter dominance which would last until Ronald Reagan. During this period the Democrats were the party who would give out government solutions to Economic Problems, Healthcare Problems, Access of Education Problems while the Republicans were just the party of the status quo , we oppose creating these new programs and then were divided whether we should make existing programs more efficient or cut back on existing ones. During this 48 year period the Democrats controlled the Presidency for 32 years and Congress for 44 and it really didnt begin to change until Reagan.


Then in 1980 Reagan was swept into power , and instead of fighting those same old battles previous Republicans did on economic policies, created Modern Day Conservative Solutions to our existing economic problems which was supporting lowering taxes on individuals and buisnesses, expand free trade , and reduce the regulatory burden on people . During the 1980s the  Democrats lost their dominance and now Republicans and Democrats basically became even in party power.  For the next 32 years Republicans Controlled the Presidency for 20 years,  while Democrats controlled the House for 18 , and both parties controlled the Senate for 16 years. The reason for this is the Democrats still had that old new deal advantage on issues such as Healthcare and Education Access while Republicans like they did on economic issues in the New Deal Era, were only there to oppose new programs and make current ones more efficient or just cut back on them altogether.

This is where we get to the Romney who so far has passed Healthcare Reform which provides conservative solutions to reduce the cost of insurance and  did the same thing in Higher Education. So if these policies work than these issues no longer will benefit the Democrats and instead would benefit the Republicans and without these issues to benefit the Democrats you could see our political landscape move from an 50/50 system to a Republican Dominated one which could last for 30-40 years .


Now this is not to say Democrats will not win another presidential election in this period of course they will be , Republicans won 4 elections from 1932-1980 , and Democrats won 2 from 1896-1932 and controlled congress for 8 years in that time period which was longer than the Republicans controlled it from 1932-1980.


Cooper: But wont there always be problems in the country, and Democrats could capitalize on that.

Will: Yes but they wont be pocketbook issues and would be only issues which show up from time to time. For example, the Republicans won in 1952 due to nominating a popular war hero ,  and the red scare and in 1968 won due to Vietnam and all the turmoil going on in this country. Now this is not to say all state trends will benefit the Republicans because they certainly will not , and many will benefit the Democrats as well as they transition into a minority coalition which in my opinion will still be stronger than the coalition the Democrats had before 1932 and the Republicans had in the New Deal Era.

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Romney lays out agenda for next two years:

- Get TPP and Free Trade deals with India negotiated and ratified.

- Energy Reform

- K-12 Education Reform

- Infrastructure

- Budgetary Reforms

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Romney to visit India in December to talk about potential Trade Deal, then host a summit in US talking to leaders of countries in the TPP negotiations  


Schedule of India Visit:

Dec 9: President Romney and Secretary of State Richard Lugar to meet with Indian PM Narendra Modi to talk about a potential alliance and a trade deal

Dec 10: Romney to meet with Top Indian Business Leaders

Dec 11: Romney to visit Taj Mahal and do a town hall at an Indian University

Dec 12: Fly Back to US


Date of TPP Summit: December 17th-December-18th