Obama loses by a landslide (electorally), that the Dems in Congress won't also pay a price? In '80, the Dems, in general, took a beating that it took them 6 years to even begin to recover from. The party was in ruins in 1980. It was 10 years before they got enough power back to make a real difference in the governance of the country. I predict a similar effect this time around, for the simple reason that Obama's policies have scared the hell out of many people to the right of center and will motivate them to get out and vote in the same way that GW's policies scared the hell out of those to the left of center and got them out to the polling sites in 2008. Only, there's numerically MORE right of center folks in the country. Couple that with the fact that the far-left is pissed at Obama for not delivering on so many promises that were never even remotely possible (e.g. carbon-credits) and you get a 10-20 point loss for the Dems. This is like watching a remake of a bad movie. The actors are different, and the scenes have been modernized, but the plot hasn't changed and the end will ultimately be the same. "The one who does not remember history is bound to live through it again." And mike, please note, I didn't talk about "Romney" WRT to the vote. You could run Gillighan as the opponent to Obama and he'd win.