Primaries
You will hear the word "anti-incumbent" a lot today. Here's one example.
By doing this, the media can carefully shove specific principles out of sight. No ideas here. Just an instinctive animal reaction.
Much is being made of Democrat Critz (53 percent) defeating Burns (45 percent) in Pennsylvania's 12th district. Unfortunately, that's in a district that's 2 to 1 registered Democrats, and it was apparently won by a solid "Blue Dog."
It helps to notice what the "bums" they're throwing out all seem to have in common.