The Democrats got more votes in the Congressional races, and if the district boundaries were like the last election (before the GOP gerry-mandered them) the Democrats would have taken back some more seats from the Republicans in the House of Representatives.
2014 elections will be quite interesting, with the Democrats perhaps winning the Senate and House of Representatives.
President Barack Obama will be able to campaign/support candidates in these two areas for elections.
DG the excuses of a failing economy will not be accepted two years from now.
Obama has one big priority and that is stimulating the economy and creating jobs. Otherwise 2014 will be a repeat of 2010. So I suggest you with hold your predictions until we have dealt with the Fiscal Cliff and the economy is creating at least 200k jobs/monthly.
If the economy is still weak Democratic candiadtes will run away from Obama in 2014 just as they did in 2010. Remember that the gains made by the GOP are in conservative parts of the country where only Blue Dog Democrats will win.
Kari I am glad that you FINALLY see the consequences of the loss of control of the House in 2010. Yes of course the GOP gerry mandered the district boundaries as one would expect any party in power to do. And yes because of this they maintain control of the House. And because of this it is more difficult, especially in the South, and in rural areas every where, to beat them in these districts.
You can whine as much as you wish, but just as Obama won a commanding victory based on the electoral college, despite only getting 50% of the vote, and the GOP needs to stop screaming that they have a mandate to laugh at "rising waters", you also need to accept that the boundaries will exist until the Democrats regain control over the House before 2020.
The GOP play rough and will not stand still and remain out of the executive, if they can help it.