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So now that the election night is over, and Democrats in New Hampshire have won on an historic scale, the question remains, "what does it all mean?"

Republicans are blaming their losses on what they are calling a perfect storm: a popular Governor, an unpopular war, and a struggling party.

Democrats are crowing.

But has New Hampshire become a true blue state?

Or was Tuesday's election an anomaly and in two more years the state will go back to its purplish red hue?

St Anselm College Political Science Professor Dante Scala keeps track of the blue towns and the red towns across New Hampshire.

And he tells NHPR's Jon Greenberg that Republicans shouldn't take the state's voters for granted.

Voters in New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional District elected their first Democratic Congressman in 12 years.

Democrat Paul Hodes beat Republican incumbent Congressman Charlie Bass 53 percent to 45 percent.

New Hampshire Public Radio's Amy Quinton reports.

It was a very big night for Democrats across the country, and also in New Hampshire.

Carol Shea Porter, who several weeks ago was little known and far behind in the polls, won in the state's first Congressional District.

New Hampshire Public Radio's David Darman has more.

Many of the country's most beloved works of art brought firestorms of opposition when they were unveiled. We're going to look at why many artists overtly politicize their creative output, and how artwork can produce social change and backlash. Host Liz Bulkley looks at some of the most stunning art controversies in American culture with Michael Kammen, author of the new book, Visual Shock: A History of Art Controversies in American Culture.