ABC News Chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl appeared on ABC World News Tonight on Tuesday as midterm election results poured in favoring the GOP and drowning out the Democratic competition.
"White House officials are saying that you can expect the president to set an aggressive and defiant tone tomorrow. You're not going to see any mea culpas, no big firings, no change in direction," Karl told host David Muir.
"Officials tell me the president is prepared to aggressively pursue his agenda using his power of executive authority, where he can't work with Congress, and the big one is going to be on immigration reform," Karl continued. "White House officials tell me that the president will move forward with an executive order on immigration reform no matter how big a shellacking Democrats get tonight."
Politico predicts that Obama won't read too much into Republican wins in red states and that while Obama will make "modest adjustments," he won't be making a hard right.
According to White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest, Obama monitored election returns from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and had spoken to both Republican and Democratic candidates. An update on Earnest's Twitter account announced a press conference Wednesday afternoon with the POTUS.
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