video On 60 Minutes tonight President Obama tells Steve Kroft that one of the reasons the Dems lost a historic amount of seats in Tuesday’s Midterms was that his “messaging was the problem.” It’s hard to imagine how a President praised for his great oratorical skills during the campaign, and who has arguably appeared on [...]

video Every time I put up a post in which Chris Matthews mentions Glenn Beck, or mentions Beck in a way that might lead people to believe he's just discovered him, or mentions Beck in a way that might lead people to believe he (Beck) is not in fact human, someone emails in a link to this 2003 interview during which Matthews seems to be getting along just fine with Glenn.

Keith Olbermann Twittered for the first time since being indefinitely suspended without pay from MSNBC on Friday. Said @keitholbermann: "Greetings From Exile! A quick, overwhelmed, stunned THANK YOU for support that feels like a global hug & obviously left me tweetless XO"

video Nancy Pelosi's announcement that she intends to run for Minority Leader in the House appears to have caught many people -- many of whom thought she's go quietly into the midterm defeat -- off guard.off guard. On Fox News Sunday today Mara Liasson said she thought Pelosi's current place in the Democratic party was similar to that of Winston Churchill. Really.

video Politico's Mike Allen added another layer of speculation to Keith Olbermann's sudden and indefinite suspension on Friday: Olbermann was suspended for refusing to apologize on air. "Olbermann told his bosses he didn't know he was barred from making campaign contributions, although he is resisting saying that publicly. Olbermann may not hold as many cards as he thinks."

video President Obama taped an interview with Steve Kroft for tonight's 60 Minutes before departing for India. In it he tells Kroft that one of the reasons the voters have responded they way they they did on Tuesday was because his administration didn't properly communicate (over about a gazillion interviews) what they were doing and that "leadership isn’t just legislation."

As another voice to the cacophony of pundits who have a problem with the Obama's taking off for India. Frank Rich. Rich is not so much worried about the economics of the trip, or the President's, er, "safety," he just thinks it looks bad. Very bad.

Sarah Palin's Twitter is getting her in trouble again. Palin recently favorited a Tweet from Ann Coulter that included a questionable picture.

"So, what's next?" Rachel Maddow asked at the opening of her show last night, clapping her hand and shrugging her shoulders. What's next, according to Maddow, is not the bipartisan cooperation both President Obama and Rep. John Boehner have been giving (a small amount of) lip service to since Tuesday.

CNN marked the beginning of the 2012 presidential election season by surveying how President Obama would fare against the (presumed) top GOP candidates if the election were held today. Answer: badly...unless Sarah Palin is the candidate.

video Sarah Palin may not have convinced many people that she's qualified to be president but there's no question the woman could run a major media operation. Of course, one might argue that's exactly what she's been doing since quitting her job as Alaska's governor. Behold her latest offering: A fun new video from SarahPac titled 'Together' featuring a slew of Tuesday's big winners (and Palin endorsements)

video Leave it to Glenn Beck to put this year's Midterm elections in perspective. Behold: Political theater...the puppet kind. It's more like political theater. [Cue funny voices]....Because nothing seems real to me right now....Who does the puppet belong to? Who's hands are these?" Indeed!

video Following Rep. John Boehner's weepy speech last night MSNBC's inimitable election panel spent some time hashing over what the tears meant. Rachel Maddow felt that Boehner's tears fit right in with certain cable news hosts.

video Welcome to day one of the 2012 Presidential Election Race. On The View this morning former Mayor of New York Rudy Giuliani weighed in on the question much of the media will spend at minimum the next six months hashing over: Will Sarah Palin run for President. Sort of. Actually, he threw a cold bucket of reality on her proposed plan.

Here is one measure of how completely yesterday's election dominated the big headlines. While the nation and the media (probably more that latter than the former) were focused on the Midterm results last night authorities in Europe were scrambling to intercept packages containing bombs that had been sent to leaders in Germany and Italy.

Alaska's polls were the last to close in the nation last night (or today, depending where you are), but it may be a while before we know who snagged the hotly-contested Senate seat there. Reports this morning indicate that “Write-in Votes" was leading the results with nearly 40 percent of the vote.

Harry Reid's surprising victory over Sharron Angle may turn out to be the one bright spot in an otherwise fairly dire night for the Dems. So really who can blame John Kerry for being jubulent and wanting to rub everyone's face in it. And by everyone we really mean the media, which has been gleefully predicting an Angle win for weeks now.

Chris Matthews just had a action-packed interview with triumphant congresswoman Michelle Bachmann during which one brave soul brandished a sign making fun of Sarah Palin, and another who wandered through the second half of the interview with a big sign asking 'How's the tingle Chris?' complete with the NBC peacock symbol.

video The media's favorite candidate Christine O'Donnell bid conceded her Senate loss to Chris Coons tonight, telling her audience that actually they won....because Delaware politics will never be the same. Indeed. She also said that during her phone call to Coons she encouraged him to watch the 30 minute video she'd made. Also? Try the veal! ("We've got a lot of food, we've got the room all night.")

Rand Paul used his victory speech to declare that the Tea Party was witnessing a tidal wave victory across the nation. He also presented a list of requests he was "respectfully" asking the Senate to deliberate on.