Election Post Mort em

If you believe the polls, voters like Republicans less than Democrats and by a 59% margin fully expect to be disappointed by them in the next 2 years. Despite that they still won. The important question is not "How"- it is "Why."

Historically speaking, the vote against has polled far better than the vote for. In sales seminars, they tell us that a negative customer experience gets circulated 10 times more than a positive one. Well the electorate is ticked off. Even though they don't blame the Democrats for the most part, the Democrats are the ones who held most of the seats that they could vent their anger against.

Americans want politicians to work together. 2 years of gridlock will lead to a Democratic reversal of 11/2/10