Democrats are closing up shop, both at DNC headquarters and at their party (“party”) at the Liaison hotel. No dog and pony show. No speeches.
That difficult task will be left to President Obama, who will speak from the White House tomorrow morning.
Numerous Democrats who worked on this campaign have described the night — particularly from the point of view of House races — as a bloodbath. There’s no way to spin that at an election night party. So they’re not going to try.
Brian Beutler
Brian Beutler is TPM's senior congressional reporter. Since 2009, he's led coverage of health care reform, Wall Street reform, taxes, the GOP budget, the government shutdown fight, and the debt limit fight. He can be reached at brian@talkingpointsmemo.com.
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