Who are the players, what's possible, whether they want to get anything done, whether they even want to work with you. RAHM EMANUEL, Obama Chief of Staff, 2009-10: Once you change power on the Capitol Hill, it changes how the other side of Pennsylvania deals with it. NARRATOR: Inside the White House, they knew things were about to change. NEWSCASTER: Democrats are nursing a major mid-term hangover. NARRATOR: His party had decisively lost the United States House of Representatives. NEWSCASTER: Now the Republicans back in power in the House of Representatives. We had a meeting at the White House, and the president began by saying, "We got our butts kicked, and there's no doubt about it." And he was very unhappy and sad about the loss. NEWSCASTER: -and a whole new day in Washington-ĭAVID AXELROD, Obama Senior Adviser, 2009-11: Well, it was obviously a sobering outcome, the mid-term. NEWSCASTER: -a whole new political world for the president. NEWSCASTER: An historic election for the Republican Party. MATT BAI, The New York Times Magazine: You can't understand what happened in the budget crisis that ensued, and that still hovers, without understanding the 2010 elections because that's the whole deal. President Barack Obama anxiously waited for the mid-term election results. NEWSCASTER: And on top of that, 37 Senate races and 37 governors' races will also be decided today. NEWSCASTER: -435 House seats are in contention. NEWSCASTER: Decision day, voters across America head to the polls for mid-term elections, the control of Congress hanging in the balance. NEWSCASTER: -one of the most closely watched mid-term elections in years. NEWSCASTER: It's going to be a fierce battle for control of the House and the Senate. NEWSCASTER: Polls open across the country.
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