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When the economy lost what little steam it had then they Democrats lost any chance they had at stemming the GOP tide. I don't believe that this vote will be one in favor of the GOP (look at the polls - the US public isn't happy with the GOP they're just pissed in general and they're going to take it out on in bents which happen to be mostly Democrats) but they'll benefit from it.
The biggest mistake Obama and company made was the size of the stimulus and its going to hurt them quite a bit. They probably should have gone all in on that piece of legislation because it would have done better and it would have given them more of a mandate. But instead as Snake has said, has managed to kill a lot of the sentiment that got him elected from progressives while serving as a motivation to the GOP.
I'm not sure to what extent the GOP will gain seats. I still don't believe they have much of a chance to control the Senate but it really doesn't matter since there is likely not to be any type of meaningful legislation that will be passed with under 60 votes.
The government is likely to just go further into gridlock as has been expressed. I don't see how anyone wins with status quo but thats what we're going to get.
No amount of ground zero mosques or oil spills or any other subject matter as much right now as the economy. Its so much bigger than anything else out there. Short of a terrorist attack I don't see anything supplanting it as the deciding factor. Bad economy = GOP gains.
