She’s right. At the time of the 2010 election people hadn’t yet organized around opposition to Obamacare, but many were hopping mad about TARP, and the people who were replaced were people who voted for TARP.
Tea Party gains in 2012 in the House were because of Obamacare.
We can list off a lot of casualties in 2010 directly related to Obamacare. Start with Nebraska Senator Nelson who declined to run after his vote. Same with Indiana’s Bayh. In 2010, we booted a local rep Kosmas because she was a final swing vote for Pelosi to pass the Senate bill in the House. She got railroaded out of office. The same was true of a bunch of other ‘moderate’ Democrats all over the country. They were all direct casualties of 2010’s health care debacle. 2012 saw more gains, but not nearly as many as 2010.
Maybe, where you are.
But, where I am, the spark may have been TARP but the galvanizing event was Obamacare -- which drove the Congressional vote in 2010.