In my mind the election was more a referendum on democratic leadership than democratic policy.
Fully agree with this. From what I could tell, it wasn't so much people wanting Republicans in but people who are fed up and wanting to get rid of a lot of politicians they are pissed off with.
The Democrats need to take heed and clean house of a lot of the corruption and other ills that has infested their party. Earn the people's respect and trust back.
By the same token, the Republicans need to do
exactly the very same thing otherwise, mark my words, that old political pendulum is in full swing and will hit just as hard back the other way in 2 years for the next election period.
Blaming 'the other guys' is nothing but a sheer cop-out. Too much stuff was done since then that many are not happy with, and it wasn't just by one politician alone. Many have done things to piss off those they supposedly represent. And that goes for both parties though, obviously, the Democrats took the bigger hit last night. Don't for a second think that the Republicans now have it smooth sailing for awhile because you would be wrong. We're watching and we're watching all of you!
People are pissed off at all of the unethical crap they are all doing which is all too often doing nothing but causing all kinds of harm and destruction in their political wake. Voting is one of the few ways that many people know of to try to do something about things and we're sick of settling for the 'lesser of two evils'. With a larger than usual number of write-in candidates winning, it only goes to prove that YES, a 3rd option CAN win. Doesn't necessarily mean that they are better but it does put the mainstream 2 party system on notice.
