The defeat was only a surprise to those who continued to use D+9% polling model despite Democrats losing over 900 state legislative seats since 2008.
The evidence was there that voters were not supporting Democrats at the rates that swept Obama into office, yet the MSM continued to report as if the electorate had not changed, despite two wave mid-term elections and big losses in the statehouses.
-PJ
Not to mention their candidate couldn’t fill a Starbucks for a rally of any sort.