In 2012, the Dems will be more liberal than in this election and they have the GOP to blame for that.

From the AP, we have this story and an amazing quote from Mr. Obama:

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama says the political cost of overhauling the health care system turned out to be higher than he had expected. And he admits that he gets discouraged at times when dealing with the economy.

In an interview airing Sunday night on CBS'"60 Minutes," Obama said the health care system itself is huge and complicated and that changing it eluded previous presidents because it was so difficult.

"I made the decision to go ahead and do it, and it proved as costly politically as we expected - probably actually a little more costly than we expected, politically," he said.

Obama said he thought that he would find common ground with Republicans by advancing health care prothe posals that had been introduced by Republican administrations as well as potential presidential candidate Mitt Romney when he was governor of Massachusetts.

"I couldn't get the kind of cooperation from Republicans that I had hoped for," he said. "And that was costly, partly because it created the kind of partisanship and bickering that really turn people off."

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We have highlighted that last sentence because of its incredulous transference of responsibility. Note the logic: The Republicans were the cause of the partisan climate. That is why I lost by historic margins.

Huh?

Midknight Review is not surprised at the reaction of this Administration or its leadership. The midterm election was the most one sided election in 60 years. You already know that. But, what is not given much press is the fact that this election was the most one sided in 100 years FOR THE DEMOCRATS, yet , the three stooges at the top of Democrat leadership, believe the problem was one of communication.

Understand that Obama has given 46 speeches on healthcare since the first of the year. He has given more than 1400 speeches and personal appearances since taking office. During the August break, last year, most of the Democrat leadership avoided town hall meetings with their constituencies for the first time in modern political history. Healthcare and the Obama agenda was fully supported by Network Media, the liberal print media and the hordes of Left wing bloggers. There was no drought in "communications" or the opportunity for communication.

And while the Dems have been busy denying certain realities, the one being missed altogether is this: the conservative grassroots movement has [already] defined the 2012 election in their favor. Not only did they win with record margins, they defeated the "moderate Democrats" and moved that party more to the Left . . . . . just in time for the coming election. Understand that this nation is a "center right" country. You have heard this statement a number of times, no doubt. The fact is that this nation has always been a center right nation. That fact is the reason why the GOP, typically outnumbered in terms of party membership, is able to win elections. When they have "favor" with the "right leaning" Independents, they win elections.

More than any other election in recent times, the 2012 ekection will be a contest between conservative and moderate Republicans and a very liberal Democrat Party . . . more so than in 2008.

Anyone 60 years old or older knows without doubt that the Democrat political strategy has always been to govern from the Left but run as "centrists" during election cycles. Obama did this very thing in 2008 and the intervening two years. It is doubtful that he can duplicate this strategy in 2012 with success.

The GOP must continue to force the Dems to define themselves in defense of their 2009 legislative season. Their legislation was "leberal." So too will be their defense. The House needs to pass their amendments to ObamaCare and force Senate Democrats and Obama to defend their decision. In doing so, the Democrate election strategy of "moving to the center" will be stymied and the debate between "Left and Right" will remain in focus.

Understand that everything that takes place in D.C. between now and 2012 is about that presidential election. If the GOP gets a compromise on taxes, one that extends the Bush era tax cuts through 2012, they will have been successful in [further] defining the 2012 election.