Politics

Ken Blackwell, the Republican former Ohio Secretary of State who presided over President George W. Bush's 2004 win, on Tuesday suggested that "groups that turn out high numbers of voters" -- instead of restrictions on early voting -- were to blame for long lines in African American precincts.

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney told reporters Tuesday evening he was "very pleased" with his campaign, as he prepared to receive the results of Tuesday's election.

As election results were coming in on Tuesday night, Fox News host Bill O'Reilly asserted that President Barack Obama could win because Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie had praised the response to Hurricane Sandy and because many voters -- like blacks, Hispanics and women -- "feel they are entitled to things."

Chris Matthews let everyone watching MSNBC's NOW with Alex Wagner know that people who vote for third parties or refrain from voting are "idiots."

Speaking outside a shelter in Keansburg on Monday, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (R) told a crowd that he'd confessed to President Barack Obama that getting a hug from famed musician Bruce Springsteen on Friday night left him "weeping."

A Texas pastor who supports Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney warned in a pre-election sermon that President Barack Obama was "paving the way for the future reign of the antichrist."

As voting was getting underway on Tuesday, Fox News had former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani on twice in a two hour period to declare that the Obama administration's response to Hurricane Sandy was "worse" than George W. Bush's response to Hurricane Katrina -- and he claimed it was the "same problem" as the response to attacks in Benghazi, Libya.

An election worker in Oregon is facing a criminal investigation for allegedly altering multiple ballots to benefit Republican candidates.

Monday night on "The Colbert Report," host Stephen Colbert welcomed New York Times writer and author of The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail, but Some Don't, Nate Silver.

The Fox News Channel began election day on Tuesday by warning viewers about an alleged member of the New Black Panthers Party at one Pennsylvania polling place.

On the eve of Election Day, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow reviewed the many accomplishments of President Barack Obama's first term.

Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown (D) danced along during a Jay-Z performance at a campaign rally on Monday, the penultimate day of the 2012 elections, in a move that will likely have no impact on the outcome of Brown's reelection race but that will leave many people amused nonetheless.

Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont said Monday night that Republicans in Congress were likely to continue pushing for tax cuts after Election Day, despite the upcoming fiscal cliff.