[CaptainHaplo]

Torvald - while the Dems tried to play this off as yet another class battle (as you seem to indicate you believe) - this was more about the huge DEBT we as a nation have incurred, and the plans to continue adding to such debt with things like cap and trade, health care reform, etc.

It also doesn't help that the Dems are giving exemptions to their supporters in legislation (such as the unions not having to have their health care taxed for an extra 5 years, but everyone else will as scheduled), deciding who is going to get hit with "recover the TARP money" fees - namely banks - whether they took TARP money or not (which is inherently bogus to take from someone claiming your recovering the money you gave them, when you know they never took it) - as well as letting some groups - like Fannie and Freddie, as well as other groups in other sectors - like GM, not have to pay it back. That alone is like saying that well, Ford didn't take any bailout money, but they have to pay it back anyway....

The reality is that the majority of the people - of EVERY stripe politically - are by and large concerned with the direction of the country. This isn't isolated, other recent elections have shown the same thing. The problem isn't that people are standing up for this or that group - the problem is that the Democrats have been in control and claiming they are standing up for the "little guy" - but the reality is they are instead more concerned about their own power and agenda to even listen to the little guy. Ultimately, they have looked at the people and said "we know you don't like what we are doing, but shut up and sit down because we know what we are doing and your opinions dont matter" - or as Pelosi said - "We hear them, but it won't change anything". That is what has caused this backlash, and make no mistake, this is a HUGE blow to the Democratic party as a whole.