"On Tuesday, Barack Obama and the Democrats were dealt a crushing blow as Republicans took the Senate, increased their lead in the House and won governorships of states generally considered to be reliably "blue."
But in a move seen as spiteful, Obama decided not to issue a statement -- not even to congratulate Republicans for their win."No official reaction from WH to GOP taking control of Senate," said CNN's Jim Acosta.
"Nothing more expected tonight, per officials."
....."Obama usually finds out about his scandals by watching the news," another person said. "It may take a couple days for him to read about the election in NYT."
But the New York Times -- the paper that recently published an op-ed saying mid-term elections should be done away with -- didn't wait that long.
The election, seen by many as an overwhelming rejection of Obama and his policies, was not viewed that way by the president, the New York Times said.
According to the Times, Obama believed the electoral map was "stacked against him" in a way that made Democrats the underdog to begin with.
Worse yet, his own Party rejected him, refusing to bring him on the campaign trail.
Nevertheless, an aide said Obama "doesn’t feel repudiated.""
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