The monumental changes that occurred on November 2, 2010 are simply stunning in the widespread repudiation of radical leftist/progressive/liberal/Democrat politics that has brought the U.S. to the brink of Greece-dom. For sure, the American populace is totally disgusted with the big government, big labor and big business crony capitalism agendas that have been pushed by the country's elites over the past few years, to the severe disadvantage of the average American.
The vast majority of Americans don't want to follow the paths of such banana republics as Greece, California, New York and Illinois. These are failed states, which remain committed to higher taxes, higher spending, higher welfare and higher levels of regulatory control that only benefits special interests, such as big labor, big bureaucracy and big business.
The American revulsion of the left's extremism is best captured in this massive, unprecedented modern-day loss by Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives. That rejection of extremism was embellished with the Democrat loss of 6 U.S. Senate seats, which means Obama no longer has a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate.
The significant swings in the U.S. Congress have basically driven a stake in the UN-IPCC's global warming, faux-science for the next 2 years. But the real tsunami that totally wipes out the extreme green-left-Democrat 'cap & trade' agenda has taken place at the state level. Starting in 2011, at least 58% of U.S. states will have Republican governors in charge, up from 42% pre-election. Likewise, the U.S. voters confirmed their repudiation by a massive makeover of state legislatures: after the election there are now 56% of the state senates controlled by Republicans versus 44% prior to; for the state houses of representatives, Republicans now control 55% versus 31% prior to. A chart recap of this political tsunami at the state level is below.
The likelihood that the global warming activists pushing the anti-growth, anti-consumer, pro-regulation and pro-taxes agenda will be successful after this tsunami cleansing is not one of high probability. (click on images to enlarge)
Note: Bold red represents a change to Republican contol from Democrat control. Bold blue represents a change to Democrat control from Republican control. Nebraska has a unicameral, non-partisan legislature that has a majority of its members affiliated with Republican groups. Light red indicates Republican control; light blue indicates Democrat control.