Despite doing everything but offer cash handouts for votes, the Dems were swept in Ohio, Toomey wins in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Illinois, New Mexico, are no longer blue states, Penn and Mich local governments have gone Republican, and an incredibly diverse Republican contingent has been swept into office, the Republicans will rewrite the districts going forward, and in fact, it is an undeniable fact;

AMERICA IS ONCE AGIAN A SEA OF RED!

as a purplebar .

I'm kind of "meh" about it.  We lost some good people (Feingold, not Grayson), but whether we held the house or not, nothing was going to get done in the next two years anyway.  And now house Republicans can try to cut taxes, balance the budget and slash spending across the board except for SS, medicare, medicaid, defense and earmarks vital to their member's reelection prospects.  The Bush economic bust is still raging, and they get their turn with the mop now.

Actually, losing the FL and OH governorships was probably the worst aspect in terms of impact on 2012 and beyond.