Really, Really Old "People" won the election for the Repukes ...

[NYC Liberal]

48. Who's "dissing the kids"? Not me.

I can most certainly criticize anyone who complains about candidates but do nothing during the primaries -- you know, where the candidates are actually chosen. I can criticize anyone who thinks all they have to do if they truly are dissatisfied with things is mark a ballot once every two years.

"Give them a flaming 2008 Obama type"? "Give them"? Who, exactly, is going to be "giving" this candidate? No one. You want better candidates? Go out and work for them. Or, better yet, maybe more people should run themselves.

We lost because in every single midterm, save for four, since the Civil War the president's party has lost seats. It's not new. It's not unprecedented. Far fewer people show up at the midterms, and the ones who do tend to be the ones who are dissatisfied with the current party in power. The ones who aren't don't. Not new. And it has nothing to do with "not being inspired". People just aren't that interested in Congressional races.