“Perhaps the most striking thing about the 2015 State of the Union address was not the president at the podium but the audience in the seats. The joint session of Congress listening to President Obama Tuesday night included 83 fewer Democrats than the group that heard Obama's first address in 2009 - 69 fewer Democrats in the House and 14 fewer in the Senate. The scene in the House Chamber was a graphic reminder of the terrible toll the Obama years have taken on Capitol Hill Democrats.” YearsFirstsStatesNightHousePresidentAudienceTakenHeardGroupsListeningTerribleSceneUnionsDemocratCongressHillsSeatsAddressesPresident ObamaSenateFewerRemindersSessionChamberJointsGraphicNotableTuesdayTollsCapitolCapitol HillTuesday Night Author:Byron York
“Voters replaced Democratic senators with Republicans in Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, North Carolina, Montana, South Dakota, West Virginia, and likely in Alaska, and appear on track to do so in a runoff next month in Louisiana. At the same time, voters kept Republicans in GOP seats in heavily contested races in Georgia, Kansas, and Kentucky. That is at least ten, and as many as a dozen, tough races, without a single Republican seat changing hands. Tuesday's voting was a wave alright - a very anti-Democratic wave.” HandsNextRaceMonthsRepublicanTenToughDemocraticWestSouthWaveTrackSeatsVotingVotersDozenReplacedSenatorsNotableAlrightVirginiaGeorgiaAlaskaCarolinaTuesdayLouisianaKansasMontanaIowaKentuckyColoradoNorth CarolinaGopArkansasDakotaWest VirginiaSouth Dakota Author:Byron York
“In the end, Tuesday's vote represented a repudiation of virtually every notion Democrats embraced in recent weeks as they tried to disregard the growing evidence that they were headed for a historic defeat. Now, the vote is in, and the voters' message can no longer be discounted.” EndsGrowingWeekMessagesEvidenceVoteDemocratNotionDefeatVotersHistoricNotableDisregardTuesday Author:Byron York
