[freespirited]

I don't think you can blame all of last night on Libertarians splitting the conservative vote; it was bigger than that. Personally, I suspect it was a referendum on the war.

If it hadn't been for Iraq we would have done very well. I am sure of it.

[kenavi]

The referendum on the war was in liberal Connecticut, and the war won.

[orzechowskid]

I'm not so sure... I think if Iraq was a non-issue then the Repubs in Congress would've held their ground, but that's about it. How many seats were lost this election due to personal or political scandals, either directly or due to Dem campaigns run on a "culture of corruption" platform?

The Dems got lucky this time because for whatever reason, the only corrupt Congressmen to make the news this year happened to be Repubs (besides Reid in NV, who I don't believe was up for re-election anyway).