As liberals and Democrats try to explain their midterm losses, the amount of nonsense they’re generating is maybe, maybe, more amusing than the election night meltdowns over at MSNBC. The excuses and explanations coming out of the Democrats range from the bizarre to the deluded. At the national level, there’s an organized effort to make Republican leadership think its job is now to help President Obama to even more.

IN THE ELECTION season that ended last Tuesday, it may not always have been clear what candidates stood for, but it sure was easy to tell what they were against. Conservatives hammered away at the fact that their opponents were Democrats, just like the unpopular president. In Massachusetts, whole attack ads were conjured out of ominous repetitions of “Republican” next to Charlie Baker’s picture.

They’ve sent Luke Russert into the field. Yes, you read that right. Rather than just exploiting his very special gift for repeating the conventional wisdom he hears in the halls of the Capitol building, he’s now reporting out in the real world. A couple of weeks ago they seasoned him by having him do a stand-up in front of an airport terminal to report on Ebola. And then they told him to pack up his “sage of Capitol Hill” act and head out to Iowa.

Constructing the Keystone XL oil pipeline, overhauling the tax code and easing "excessive" regulations blamed for slow economic growth are at the top of the agenda for the new Republican majority in Congress.

In the wake of a decisive GOP Senate takeover in Tuesday's elections, President Obama and top Republicans announced intentions Wednesday to work together and avoid partisan bickering — but the outlines of future battles already began to show.

After a stinging rebuke at the polls, President Obama vowed Wednesday to respond to the frustrations of the American electorate by using his final two years to forge compromises with newly empowered congressional Republicans and break the political gridlock that has defined Washington over the past several years.

“I hear you,” President Obama said to the voters who gave Democrats an electoral drubbing in Tuesday’s midterm elections.

President Obama refused on Wednesday to submit to the Republican narrative that his presidency effectively ended with the midterm elections.

Obama and McConnell Pledge to Work Together, but Insist They Won’t Give In on Key Policy Goals

Reform the tax code, redefine ‘full time’ as working 40 hours a week, move on the Keystone XL pipeline—there are plenty of tasks ahead.