Bob Schieffer on GOP Midterm Wins: ‘The Mood Is Nasty’ in America

‘The mood is exactly what we’ve been talking about all week ... they don’t like Republicans and they don’t like Democrats’

Bob Schieffer On GOP Midterm Wins: ‘The Mood Is Nasty’ In America (NewsBusters)

During CBS News’ midterm coverage on Tuesday night, Face the Nation moderator Bob Schieffer repeatedly dismissed the significance of the GOP’s electoral victory and peddled liberal talking points to explain away the midterm results. 

Speaking to CBS Evening News anchor Scott Pelley, Schieffer began the network’s election coverage by declaring that “the mood is nasty” in America and “the mood is exactly what we've been talking about all week. It's now being reflected in the exit polls. People don't like the way things are going.”

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