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Originally Posted by tjinaz
Technically the Dems have been in power since they took over Congress in 2006. What has happened since then that has been good?
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That's a fallacy. The president retained the hammer called veto and was not afraid to use it. The Democrats were only able to affect change once the presidency was wrestled from control of the Republicans.
What hurt Democrats this election was that Obama was not liberal enough. He disenfranchised his base and they stayed away from the polls in droves.
Nate Silver did another fine job explaining it and hitting projections out of the park. As well, young voters stayed away from the polls, they key demographic that took Obama to office.
If you don't think that the problem was liberal displeasure, look at the Democrats that got ousted. The vast majority of them were blue dog Democrats. The liberal Democrats retained their seats while the conservative Democrats lost theirs. If it were a backlash at liberalism you would have seen the liberal Democrats crushed, which they were not.