Lisa Keen wisely wonders what lies ahead for a Democratic party that fails to deliver for a core voting bloc they may have taken for granted one too many times.

• GOP takes back House, Boehner claims mandate.
• Feingold and Grayson both lose.
• Aqua Buddha, Marco Rubio and Pat Toomey win.
• Harry Reid defeats Teabagger Sharron Angle.
• The Quitter’s boy Teabagger Joe Miller going down in Alaska.
• Republicans take 10 governor’s mansions from Democrats.
• A victory for masturbation in Delaware.

With all the entries in Firedoglake’s Election Projection Challenge now in, I decided to see if the aggregate projections of the FDL community can outperform the professional political prognosticators.

Yes, it’s primary night once again in America. Or at least on the Liberal Hippie East Coast… and Wisconsin. And as is so often true, it’s looking like a referendum on each party’s political direction. All three Republican races above feature a Tea Party candidate against a more establishment one, and both Democratic ones feature a conservative Blue Dog type against a progressive.

NPR’s story on Tim Kaine featured this comment from a college student, who volunteered to help elect Obama in 2008.

There is great concern that the Republicans will take control of the House of Representatives and even possibly the Senate in the 2010 elections. While most prognosticators are predicting huge wins for the Republican Party, their current seat deficit is so great that if they do win back the majority in the House, it will likely be by less than a dozen seats. If Democrats do manage to hold on to the House, it will likely also be with a very narrow majority. While I’ve been told with much hand waving to be very scared about the prospect of Speaker John Boehner, what no one in the Democratic party has legitimately explained to me–or the rest of America–is why we should care. . . be it Republicans or Democrats with narrow control of the House.

Author Anthony DiMaggio describes the decline of electoral participation among the young and minorities and the implications for the midterms

I’m not sure who Team Obama and the DNC is listening to, but if they listen to the American people, maybe their prospects wouldn’t look so bleak in November. Check out these results from the latest Newsweek poll (h/t Walker).

Now is the time to rethink your position on the war in Afghanistan.

It’s Michael Steele vs. Karl Rove in an epic battle for the soul – and the wallet – of the Republican Party!