President Barack Obama makes an opening statement during a news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010.
President Barack Obama answers question during a news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010.
President Barack Obama makes an opening statement during a news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010.
U.S. President Barack Obama pauses to consider a question during his post-election news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, November 3, 2010.
U.S. President Barack Obama approaches the podium to begin a post-election news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, November 3, 2010.
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during a news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, November 3, 2010.
US President Barack Obama answers a question during a press conference on midterm elections in the East Room at the White House in Washington, DC, on November 3, 2010. Obama would not concede Wednesday that a Republican election rout marked a massive repudiation of his agenda, but did shoulder the blame for deep voter frustration over the economy. Hours after Republicans captured the House of Representatives and slashed the Democratic majority in the Senate, a subdued Obama said in a White House news conference that voters were mostly preoccupied with the slow recovery.
U.S. President Barack Obama answers a question during his post-election news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, November 3, 2010.
Supporters of U.S. President Barack Obama stand outside a hall meeting in the yard of a residential house in Falls Church, Virginia, September 22, 2010.