Post mortem thread. Why did we lose?

[ozone_man]

297. The 6th year into an 8 year presidency

tends to go this way. Specific aspects include the economy, which is not as rosy as the White House says. I think mainstream America has a different opinion. Wages and the labor participation rate are low. People vote with their pocket books and the 1% are only 1% when it comes to the ballot box. The 99% are not happy campers, and even if only half of them vote, that is enough. And these economic factors would not necessarily improve at all under Republican leadership, just that change is what the populace likes, when government is not living up to expectations. Personally, I think Obama listened too much to his Wall Street cronies, and the Fed policy was aimed at boosting asset prices and not toward main street consumers/Americans.

They lost hope that there would be change?