How Bad Was It For Democrats? Even Scandal Ridden Nixon Had More Success Than Obama

From Hot Air: Who could have suspected that Barack Obama, Harry Reid, and Nancy Pelosi would spark a national rejection of their party that outdid Watergate? In the wake of the resignation of Richard Nixon three months earlier, Democrats won 628 seats in state legislatures while flipping 49 seats in the US House and three seats in the US Senate in those 1974 midterm elections. National Journal reports today that the GOP wreaked “devastation” on Democrats in this cycle by netting not just the 60+ seats in the US House and six US Senate, but also 680 seats in state legislatures across the country.
Obama has been called Nixonian before, but never in this context. When he charged to victory in 2008, Democrats thought they had unlocked the secret of marrying a progressive to the broad center of American politics. Instead, his radical agenda has alienated the center and leaves Democrats with a sharply reduced national base for their future.
Earlier today, I mentioned that a second “wave” election in 2012 would primarily affect the Senate (if it comes at all), as Democrats have lost most of the vulnerable seats in the House already. However, this data shows two more dangers to the Democrats, and not just in 2012. First, redistricting will change the nature of more than a few of the “safe” Democratic seats across the middle of the country, if not on the West Coast and northeastern Atlantic seaboard. Republicans will strengthen their own incumbents and look to weaken the others over the next year.
http://hotair.com/archives/2010/11/04/gop-wins-all-time-high-in-state-legislative-seats/
Couldn't even beat Nixon when he was at his worst. Heh.

h/t Charlie Sykes