2012 was an asskicking on the presidential level. It's a fact.
What the republican party was offering on the national level was rejected. Now you can accept that or not. Doesn't change the facts.
The public had an option to change from Obama and didn't. Period.
Originally Posted by markroxny
One of the great Democrats of our era was Tip O'Neill. The famous phrase he coined is why the Tea Party is not dead.
"All Politics are Local"
That is why the Republicans, ie Conservatives, will maintain controle over The House, and probably gain some Senate Seats in the 2014 mid terms.
The very voters that returned President Obama to the Whitehouse don't even realize that the true power, ie, the power to controle the purse strings, resides in The House. That is where nthe Tea Party will spend it's capitol, and that is where they will win.