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Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell announced several more appointments to his transition team Friday, including several familiar faces from his time as attorney general and his campaign.

Nation takes steps toward reform The vote to reform health care in America took a first step forward on Saturday with the House of Representatives passing an historic bill.

Republican Recruiting and the National Environment Getting Mike Castle is the latest in a series of recruitment successes for Senate Republicans.

Political junkie Mike Murphy couldn't get his fix while flipping through the cable networks Tuesday night.

Former Virginia congressman and political expert Tom Davis offers seven lessons gleaned from the 2009 elections in a column in US News today, crediting Republican successes to the economic anxiety felt by voters across the country: Taxes continue to be toxic.

Republican Party bosses are trying to head off a prolonged tussle with a surging conservative activist movement which threatens to squander the advantages offered by Barack Obama's difficulties with healthcare, high spending and unemployment.

As always, when conservative insurgencies fall short, as happened with Doug Hoffman's monthlong quest to win in New York's 23rd Congressional District, the establishments of both national parties fail to comprehend the meaning of it all.

Tuesday's election results were a disaster for the White House and the Democratic party.

Obama campaigned for New Jersey Gov. John Corzine, but Corzine lost. Rich Schultz / AP Obama campaigned for New Jersey Gov.

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is part one of a three-part series that explores the transition from FTS 2001 to Networx.

At the risk of getting far too deep in the weeds, it was notA just the Obama Administration and Congressional Democrats who were sent a warningA Tuesday.

Lessons from the 2009 election results By: Michael Barone Senior Political Analyst 11/04/09 3:08 AM EST My Wednesday Examiner column, written as the 2009 election returns were coming in, stands up pretty well.

With his victory, Robert McDonnell is being extolled as a new model for Republican success: a traditionally conservative candidate who won a swing state by focusing almost exclusively on jobs, transportation and other kitchen table issues.

It was a big election night for Republicans overall. But their lone disappointment - the loss of a New York congressional seat in a crossfire between moderates and conservatives - could portend struggles next year for GOP leaders.

It was a big election night for Republicans overall. But their lone disappointment - the loss of a New York congressional seat in a crossfire between moderates and conservatives - could portend struggles next year for GOP leaders.

For the Republican Party, this week's election is a silver lining attached to a troublesome cloud.

Rep. Michele Bachmann acknowledges her supporters following her acceptance speech for winning the Sixth Congressional District seat at the Sheraton Hotel in Bloomington on Tuesday November 4, 2008.

Republicans swept governors' races in New Jersey and Virginia as voters worried about jobs and the economy punished Democrats.

Let's all give a hearty round of applause to the teabaggers, who took what would've been a very good night for Republicans and ruined it by helping Democrats pick up a seat they hadn't held since the Civil War.

Following a Monday night look at Tuesday's special election to fill New York's 23rd congressional district seat in which Republican Dede Scozzafava dropped out after falling behind the Democrat and the Conservative Party nominee, ABC anchor Charles Gibson -- instead of wondering why the GOP establishment failed to pick a candidate who upholds basic ...