And with many seats in Congress up for election in November 2010, Nathan Gonzales,the political editor of the Rothenberg Political Report, believes the president will spend much of the coming year the same way.

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Key jobs have included editor of the BBC's 1992 television election night programme, editor of Public Eye, editor of Newsnight, editor of Panorama, head of current affairs.

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Stuart Rothenberg, editor of The Rothenberg Report, said the election result exposed clear vulnerabilities for Republicans.

CNN: Mississippi election loss is GOP 'wakeup call'

Here to recap the debate with us is Luis Clemons, editor with CandidatoUSA, an online publication dedicated to covering election news and politics relevant to Latino voters.

NPR: Republicans Reach Out to Latinos in Univision Debate