It’s a flat-out lie, pushed by liberal republicans to smear conservatives. It simply didn’t happen, and the number bear that out. The Dems won because the independent vote broke 65-35 against the Republicans. That’s it.
Methinks you are right ... and it deserves repeating.
Although in some cases this falsehood is being pushed by disgruntled conservatives, too ... "we told you the GOP shouldn't have abandoned its base."
IMO, the '06 debacle was an Iraq thing ... and to try to draw broader electoral lessons from it ... or to try to use it to batter one another ... is a mistake.
Mostly I concur. It was the spending, the corruption, Iraq and (most of all) the sixth year of a two term presidency. Anyone who uses it to try and move the party to the Left is operating in panic mode.