I only hope the Republicans can stand firm against the Obama Agenda and finish the Senate takeover in 2012. Finding the right candidate to lead the party would be a big help. We have lots of folks that I'd like - but each of them has some strong negatives when reaching out to those independent voters that seem to be the key to winning elections. The most articulate spokesman right now seems to be Marco Rubio - but it's ridiculous to think a first term Senator could be Presidential material. (Sorry, Barry.)

Congratulations on the win. Good luck governing.

Thank you, James. Personally, I'm waiting for all the crazy liberals to start telling the new GOP "I hope you fail."

J.

Yup. We were treated to hoots and hollers from our "intellectual betters" right here in this blog. We were told that when the Democrats took over they'd finally shut us up. We were called "30 percenters", nazis, warmongers and that the "country had spoken".

Except they misinterpreted what the country said.

The country didn't say, "Force us to buy insurance." They didn't say, "Find more creative ways to tax us." They didn't say, "Tell us how stupid we are." They didn't say, "Sue us for trying to enforce laws."

They didn't say, "The GOP spent too much money. We want that quadrupled!"

Demonization of the new house leadership to start in 5.....4....3....2....

Congratulations on the win. Good luck governing.

This is a strsnge thing to say, at least as it pertains to the national level. Last I heard, the Democrats were still in control of the Senate, and the Executive branch. So it's not like the GOP is now in control of everything in Washington.

Personally, I'm looking forward to the obstructionism and gridlock.

2014 is no better than 2012 for the Democrat Senators. The odds favor a heavily Republican Senate in the near future.

This wasn't a real "wave" election, it was more a reversion to the historical norm, continuing the trend of the last half-century or so. The country is gradually but steadily becoming more conservative, and that hasn't changed.

2006 and '08 saw a combination of the normal fatigue which sets in late in second Presidential terms, weariness with the long slog in Iraq, and then the financial crisis which was caused by the federal government.

Even so, Democrats only win nationally when they lie about who they are and how they intend to govern. Clinton and Obama both promised to put partisanship behind, to govern from the middle. That's how they win elections.

Obama's simply not smart enough to pivot like Clinton, and he doesn't have a "Republican Congress" to run against since he still controls the Senate. Plus, he's an America-hating Marxist who can't change. And once the budget for White House partying and lavish trips ($200 million PER DAY for this trip to India with 3000 of his closest friends) is cut back by the GOP House, Obama may just decide to take the pension and quit.

Meh.

Look at the specific states. The ten republican seats include tough races in Maine and Massachusetts, and it's hard to see where we'll pick up more than half a dozen seats at most from the Democratic list.

For example, if we couldn't beat Senator Boxer in '10, we're never going to being Senator Feinstein in '12 in California.

And that's assuming that the media and Democrats don't manage to lob an unfair amount of blame on Republicans over the next two years -- never a safe assumption -- and that congressional Republicans don't actually shoot themselves in the foot.