Reply #49: You're right that it's the economy -

[TBF]

voters wanted change in 2008. Wars, unemployment, foreclosures, etc...

I think many of us missed the ball by focusing on health care (and fighting over incremental vs. public option). Job one should have been the economy with a major jobs program. Improve the economy and then move on to other issues.

I don't think people want more conservative policies, I think they simply voted their pocket books. They are out of work, or worried about their jobs, so they voted for the other side as a protest.