This will be my only comment on the bloodbath, that was the 2014 General Election ...

[JonLP24]

64. Think about the criticism and the criticism of the criticism

and which candidates (blue dogs) adopt the Obama distancing strategy and where the support of that strategy comes from.

There are exceptions but say someone may have a policy beef with the President such as continuation in specific Bush-era policies when it comes to civil liberties for international detainees or a war on terror foreign policy, then those people do experience legitimate debate over policy but there is a lot criticism over the idea they have criticism.

Then when a lot of those people with policy disagreements from the left-wing perspective have criticisms over their spineless campaign strategies, a lot of the same people that criticize criticism are on the side of the spineless campaign strategies.

I had 2 major beefs with ACA, no public option & mandates but I thought the distancing approach was stupid considering you could counter with achievements that would survive a fact check name one person with left wing policy differences with Obama who is against raising the minimum wage? Or in favor of Grimes stated disagreement over the EPA and effects of coal to global warming?

The midterm results weren't significantly different than other based on recent trends. Do you know who you're blaming or should be or even the personal motivations of individuals choosing not to vote. I'm sure partisanship to the point its dishonest (a lot of hypocrisy in politics where people attack things they used to support) discourages some people from going out to polls.

In the end it is big money, media hype, and lack of familiarity with the candidates as well as other factors.