In the aftermath of Hillary Clinton's loss and the Democrats' failure to regain control of either house of Congress, the focus has since shifted to how the Democratic Party has been decimated at the state level. Since President Obama was elected in 2008, the Democrats have lost 919 seats in state legislatures, and Republicans now control 32 of 50 state legislatures, and hold 33 governorships.
Earlier this week on CBS' "Face the Nation," USA Today's Washington Bureau chief Susan Page said, "Democrats face a world in which they've been hollowed out. They have not had people in the pipeline as Republicans have so skillfully done for the past 20 years."
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump plans to add another wealthy business person and elite donor to his Cabinet, saying he would nominate fast-food executive Andrew Puzder as labor secretary.
Puzder heads CKE Restaurants Holdings, the parent company of Carl's Jr., Hardee's and other chains. In 2010, he published a book called "Job Creation: How it Really Works and Why Government Doesn't Understand It."
