Jamie Dean | A sobering 2012 election has political conservatives searching for ways to regain lost ground. Evangelical minorities might be a place to start
Edward Lee Pitts | Of the 12 new U.S. senators, six are new to Congress and six are moving over from the House, as Republicans who eyed a takeover instead face diminished status
J.C. Derrick | Allen West, others go down in seven-seat GOP loss in the U.S. House
Voters’ core beliefs have shifted massively—and political efforts won’t shift them back
Conservative Republicans on Capitol Hill say they won’t back down in the fight against the president’s plan to increase taxes
