Andrea Mitchell interviewed Susan Page, Washington Bureau Chief for USA Today, as part of her program's Election Day coverage.  When asked about Republican obstruction, Page surprised the biased host by projecting a GOP-controlled Senate would cause Senate Democrats to move further to the left.

Mitchell began the conversation with a question about her favorite topic, the 2016 presidential candidacy of Hillary Clinton.

Mitchell: What does it mean for Hillary Clinton if you have a Republican Senate potentially and more obstruction in Washington? Does it make her more of an outsider; make her look more of sort of a reasonable politician, not part of the fray?

Page: It will make her want to be more of an outsider. Because who would want to be associated with two more years of gridlock in Washington? I think there is another effect from this election night that could affect Hillary Clinton.  And that is the fact that a lot of those moderate Democrats in the Senate are the ones that are endangered. You are going to have a Democratic caucus that is more uniformly liberal. And the whole party I think is being pulled somewhat to the left. You talk to activists on the party- I did this morning- talking about it was the Elizabeth Warren wing of the party, Elizabeth Warren was the best surrogate, those are the issues, like fighting Wall Street, that generated the most enthusiasm among Democratic voters.  So you will see, if you're going to see the Republican Party pull to the right after tonight's elections, I think you’re also going to see the Democratic Party pull to the left.