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And with a victory as big and as sweeping as obama and the democrats had had ten years ago tonight, obama won in 2008 by 8.5 million votes. he more than doubled mccain in the electoral college. democrats had already had a majority in congress before that election. they added another 21 seats that night. they went up to a super majority in the senate. when the pendulum had swung that far to the democrats in 2008, followed by two incredibly hard years thereafter, and one of the biggest policy lift...

Midterm for obama, the pendulum swung back very, very hard. the democrats didnt just lose the house that year that. >> lost 63 seats in the house. they lost six senate seats. it was just brutal. but that shellacking didnt just emerge from the ether on election night itself on 2010. there were signs all through those first two obama years that it was coming. even though obama was sworn in january 2009 with a 67% approval rating, by the following month, by february 2009, there were little protests...

Colbert report. he was trying to keep up with stephen colbert. >> are you still president after the midterms because the republicans are quite surprised that youre doing anything at all. that shellacking didnt rattle the presidential seal off your podium? >> look, the election didnt go as well as i would have liked. you notice, i made a little correction there. >> obama is on ryan seacrests radio show. you got a very funny obama on colbert, defensive obama on univision and somber obama on b.e.t....