This pretty much sums it up. Like 1994, this really isn't about one party managing to sell a shiny new set of ideals to the country, but rather the country punishing the party in control for simply not doing the right thing.
Both parties should learn an important lesson from this and the 1994 election: you are there to serve the people of America. Not special interest groups, not your big-money campaign contributors, and most especially not yourselves.
I have little faith that either party will take the lesson to heart, but for now I am grateful for the blessed gridlock we will enjoy for the next two years.
