Mitt Romney

2:00 PM, Nov 8, 2012 • By DANIEL HALPER

Bill Kristol, with Mara Liasson, A.B. Stoddard, and Charles Krauthammer, last night on Fox News:

And here's the Internet-only aftershow:

5:20 PM, Nov 7, 2012 • By JEFFREY H. ANDERSON

The Republican party’s brutal defeat in yesterday’s presidential and Senate races offers at least one clear, abiding lesson: Republicans can’t win without making their case.

9:31 AM, Nov 7, 2012 • By WILLIAM KRISTOL

Two thoughts for those TWS readers who—for some reason!—may be a bit down in the dumps, and especially for those who may have spent considerable time and effort trying to secure a better outcome on Election Day 2012.

"The people have spoken, the bastards."

3:15 AM, Nov 7, 2012 • By FRED BARNES

Republicans never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity. In 2010, they failed to win the Senate when it was theirs for the taking. Now they’ve lost the White House to President Obama, despite his poor record and the likelihood things won’t get any better in his second term. And they failed again to capture the Senate, though a takeover was initially thought to be a cinch.

1:14 AM, Nov 7, 2012 • By DANIEL HALPER

Mitt Romney delivered the following concession speech to supporters in Boston:

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, my friends. Thank you so very much.

(APPLAUSE)

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

I have just called President Obama to congratulate him on his victory. His supporters and his campaign also deserve congratulations.

11:16 PM, Nov 6, 2012 • By DANIEL HALPER

NBC News projects President Barack Obama will be reelected:

NBC News declares Barack Obama as the projected winner of the Presidency of United States. More at NBCNews.com #NBCPolitics

— NBC News (@NBCNews) November 7, 2012

UPDATE: The AP agrees:

10:55 PM, Nov 6, 2012 • By DANIEL HALPER

Mitt Romney is projected to win North Carolina, according to the Associated Press.

9:54 PM, Nov 6, 2012 • By DANIEL HALPER

Fox News projects Barack Obama the winner of the swing-state of New Hampshire.

9:19 PM, Nov 6, 2012 • By DANIEL HALPER

Fox News projects Barack Obama will win Pennsylvania. Mitt Romney's campaign gave a late push there, but it appears not to have paid off.

9:03 PM, Nov 6, 2012 • By DANIEL HALPER

Obama will win Michigan and New York, Fox News projects.

8:05 PM, Nov 6, 2012 • By DANIEL HALPER

Fox News projects Mitt Romney will win Alabama, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Tennessee. Obama, the cable news channel predicts, will win Illinois, Delaware, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and the District of Columbia.

7:51 PM, Nov 6, 2012 • By DANIEL HALPER

Fox News projects Mitt Romney the winner of Georgia.

7:43 PM, Nov 6, 2012 • By MICHAEL WARREN

Vigo County, Indiana, has correctly reflected the winner of the presidency in every election since 1956, as in 2008 when Barack Obama won the county with 57 percent support and in 2004 when George W. Bush won the county with 53 percent support.

With 99 percent of precincts reporting, Vigo County remains very close, with 49.3 percent for Obama and 48.8 percent for Mitt Romney. That means Obama is running 8 points behind where he ran in 2008.