112th Congress set to be gridlocked?

"There is no blunter way for voters to send a message. For the third election in a row, Americans kicked a political party out of power. . .

Incumbency is no longer the protection it once was, particularly in districts where the balance between the two parties is close. Among the hardest-hit in Tuesday's election were first- and second-term House Democrats whose elections two and four years ago were heralded as the beginning of a new era for the party. "

Read more here:

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6A21V520101103?loomia_ow=t0:s0:a49:g43:r5:c0.034091:b38966776:z0

And here about what may have been another "Change Election."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/02/AR2010110207118.html?nav=hcmoduletmv

Also Democrat, Republican or Independent, who is to blame or credit for the shift in the balance of power?

This from the Washington Post blog:

It happened. For the third election in a row, Americans kicked a political party out of power. Now that the 2010 midterms are over and Democrats have lost control of the House of Representatives and a handful of Senate seats, we have to ask:
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