What a difference a year makes ...

... this time last year the Democrat Party was at the zenith of its' power, and while we here know these things are cyclical and their power reign would eventually come to a close, I don't think any of us anticipated it taking only 1 year of top down neo-socialist proposals to cause this scathing free fall in popularity. They're quaking in their boots from coast to coast, the anger, the energy, is palpable. I agree solidly with your post (although defending New Deal as "not Obama-economics" seems to me a stretch). This is the perfect time for a new "Contract With America."

I will add that in addition to the folks being fed up with the "effects" of these tax and spend policies as much if not more than the problems they were designed to address, is a general feeling manifested on 2 fronts: 1.) a general sense that the Administration is living in suspended reality - you can't look people in the face and say spending a trillion dollars on health care is budget neutral, or worse, will save us money. People know a "fast one" is being pulled, and that ain't the "hope and change" they voted for. 2.) the Party leaders have made no bones about not caring if polls show Americans are 2 to 1 against their proposals. People feel marginalized by their Representatives. In other words they have caused people to feel as if they have no say whatsoever in the direction their nation is heading. In response we went to town hall meetings. So they stopped hosting them. Then we held tea parties. And they tried to slander them. So now, we have shown up at the polls ... and they are paying the price for their arrogance.

Young, articulate aspiring public servants that both address these emotions pulsating through the electorate AND offer a new "contract" with America will find themselves winning in a walk this November.

(and one correction - "This trend will continue, obviously... history guarantees it. The incumbent President's party always looses seats in Congress during the midterms (at least for the first term)." Not entirely true. There has been one exception. In 2002 - & I believe in 2004 as well, although that wasn't a midterm - the incumbent president actually picked up seats. Clearly this was a result of 9/11 and affording Bush the mandate to go after our enemies, but it occurred nonetheless and I wanted to make note.)