One of the more interesting spins on the mid-term election results is that this was not a vote for the Republicans, but a vote against the Democrats. This seems to be supported by polling which shows that although voters were rejecting the Democratic candidates, they were not accepting the Republicans' policies.
This spin reminds me of the cute "Ally bank" commercials with the kids. In one of them, the mean man offers ice cream to one of two kids but not to the other, even though "new" kids are supposed to get free ice cream. When the kid who is left out complains that he is also "new", the mean guy says: "yeah, but he is newer".
So, yes, the Republicans were rejected; but the Dems were "more" rejected. And in a two party system, that makes the Republicans the winners. They get the ice cream.
(Of course the Republicans spun the 2008 general election in the same way. The population was not voting for Obama's policies, but were rejecting George Bush's.)
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I think that's right, that it was a vote against the Democrats and not a vote for the Republicans, who were, after all, the authors of most of the messes America is in.
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