The Democrats are headed for a trying midterm election; that is, if you believe the multitude of polling in recent weeks. The big question is whether they will lose control of both chambers of Congress — as Republicans did the last time a two-term president faced his final midterm, in 2006.
But while the results of 2006 were all about George W. Bush, the 2014 election isn’t necessarily all about Obama — or at least not like 2006 was.
What do we mean by that? Let’s take a look, step by step. CONT.
Aaron Blake, Washington Post