Roll your mind back exactly 1 year ago to January 15, 2009. Obama is about to be sworn in as President. Media adulation is at a fever pitch. If some stranger had walked up to you on that day and said;
"Exactly one year from today, a republican will be on the verge of winning the open senate seat in Massachusetts."
Wouldn't your first reaction be to consider this person totally out there?
Yep, as Glenn Beck often says, from your world view last year, would you even recognize your country today?