I get the message, says Obama after midterm drubbing

President Barack Obama said he has heard the message from voters who put Republicans in power in the US Senate and extended their majority in the House of Representatives in a mid-term election that was a clear repudiation of his leadership.

Obama said the Republican victories were a sign Americans want Washington “to get the job done” and he was eager to hear Republican ideas for governing together.

Still, he vowed not to give up on his priorities, including job creation and changing the country’s broken immigration system. He stood by his pledge to act on his own to reduce deportations and improve border security by the end of the year.