President Obama, before the election: "My policies are on the ballot."
President Obama, after the election, a resounding defeat of supporters of those policies: "I hear you."
Maybe -- but he didn't get the message. He served notice that he will continue to push for his liberal ideas that were overwhelmingly rejected by the voters.


Having a famous name doesn' t guarantee success in electoral politics. Just ask former American Idol star Clay Aiken, who lost a bid for a North Carolina House seat by 17 points. Sandra Fluke, whose complaint about not being able to pay for birth control put her into the national spotlight failed in a try for a seat in the California State Senate by a 61-39 vote. 

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, toppled from his lofty position in the Nov. 4 Republican wave, has turned conciliatory. The Nevada Democrat, whose arrogant, dictatorial control of the Senate was a leading cause of congressional gridlock, now says he wants to work with the new Republican majority next year "to get things done."