YUP, THE RUBES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE "SHELLACKING"

I certainly don't mean to excuse all the mistakes the Obama Administration made and they were probably enough by themselves to result in the loss of the House.  However, the rube vote seems to compounded the problem.

Political divide between coasts and Midwest deepening, midterm election analysis shows
By T.W. Farnam
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, November 21, 2010; 12:24 AM

The Republican Party's big gains in the House came largely from districts that were older, less diverse and less educated than the nation as a whole. Democrats kept their big majorities in the cities.