RUTH MARCUS: Obama Clueless on “Shellacking.” “It would be nice to see some recognition that what we have here is not only a failure to communicate. Democrats are making a big mistake if they think their problem was as simple as not enough talking.”

UPDATE: Related: “It seems to me that the last year or so in America’s political culture has represented the triumph of reality over wishful thinking. . . . Last Tuesday had nothing to do with Fox News and everything to do with Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid. To suggest otherwise is the biggest lie of all.”