Republicans would gain control of congress in 2010 -- the midterm elections following election of a Democratic president. This was also the period when the RW extremism threatening to destroy us spread from the rabid "base" to the mainstream.
People were still very unhappy and hurting badly from the Great recession and weren't crediting Democrats with saving the economy from collapse OR blaming Republicans for keeping wages and jobs down.
The RW reaction to finally realizing global warming and the demographic progression were real and inevitable, jet-fueled by election of a black president, had come to full boil.
The midterms followed the long and bloody battles to pass the ACA, which became a huge, toxic focus of factional opposition among both RWers and LW anti-Democratic groups.
True, we did hope passing the ACA wouldn't cost us anything near the disastrous loss of 63 house seats.
We'll see about the senate this time, understanding that the inmakes who took over the asylum in 2010 are now marching on Washington and all the state capitals. Every change generates more change, though, and these days we have nothing but.
I'm with Tickle. There are always more of us. We just need still more to become aware and alarmed.
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