LOL -- this whiner reminds me of the DUmmies who insist that they lost the last three elections, not because their message had been rejected by the voters, but because of mysterious shenanigans involving Karl Rove, Diebold, the Bavarian Illuminati, and probably little green men from Mars.
steve, we forgot a very simple priciple with regards to the American electorate (the vast majority of whom simply go through life oblivious --- a testament to western civilization -- people can now survive and prosper without having to engage their intellect sometimes!); truth does not often matter, but perception ALWAYS does. Couple a negative truth with a negative perception and you're toast.
The perception was that Republicans were certainly not up to the task of managing a war, protecting the borders, handling a disaster and certainly not worthy of guarding the treasury.
What was that old comic strip saying? "We have met the enemy, and they is us".