All true to a certain extent. The same ABC exits polls showed 59% of the voters were dissatisfied with President Obama and his policies which included 23% that were plain angry in that group. Only 37% said they were satisfied with the president. Also 32% said their voted was cast against Obama while only 20% said they vote was in support of Obama.
From what I hear Dirty Harry now plans to bring up the Keystone Pipeline for a vote in the lame duck session. He is only doing that to help Landrieu in her runoff election in December.
But before the Republicans jump up and down with glee and start proclaiming a mandate, they should look at this:
Half of U.S. voters say the Republican takeover of Congress was a repudiation of President Obama’s party rather than an endorsement of the GOP. Democrats don’t disagree.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 30% of Likely U.S. Voters believe last week’s election results were more a vote for the Republicans than a vote against the Democrats.
Forty-nine percent (49%) disagree and say the election results were a vote against the Democrats instead. But one-in-five (21%) aren’t sure.
Voters See Election As Rejection of Democrats - Rasmussen Reports™
I think what the voters want is for someone in Washington to do something about the economy and jobs. Forget healthcare, immigration, all these political party agendas and concentrate on the voters wishes and wants. If the Republicans do this, they will do good in 2016. If the Republicans also ignore the people they will surely lose in 2016 as the people will give the other party a chance to get it right and so it goes.