Reply #53: It was probably the indie middle that turned against the Democrats [View All]

and the fired up right wingers who came out to the polls. If all the progressive voters from 2008 had come out to vote, I don't think it would have turned the election.


Take a look at this analysis of why Feingold lost for example:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9482451


In retrospect, the problem was that the President underestimated the depth of the recession and did not try a populist anti-corporate approach from the beginning of his administration when many people would have bought in. That might have made all the difference. Also, he probably should not have tried for HCR, but stayed focused on the economy and pinning the blame on the laissez faire policies of the GOP and Bernanke. He definitely needed a bigger more targeted stimulus (perhaps more to small business) and more creativity in addressing the economic problems.