House GOP offers freshman spot in leadership.

Michael Barone:  The Depth & Breadth of GOP Victories.

Dave Weigel points out  five newly elected GOP congressmen who won with $200K to $600K.

Erick Erickson on the "clueless" RNC.

DeMint doesn't help himself arguing that O'Donnell lost because Republicans "so maligned her … that she didn’t have a chance.”

A more reasonable defense of the O'Donnell endorsement may be found here.

Senators McCain, Lieberman, Rep. Buck McKeon, others will be speaking at next week's Foreign Policy Initiative forum. Register here.