AdvertisementObama Humbled By Election 'Shellacking'November 03, 2010Liz HalloranfacebookEmailHours after Republicans captured the House of Representatives and slashed the Democratic majority in the Senate, a subdued President Obama said in a White House news conference that voters were mostly preoccupied with the slow economic recovery. Obama would not concede that a Republican election rout marked a massive repudiation of his agenda, but he did shoulder the blame for deep voter frustration over the economy. (AFP/Getty Images)