The GOP underestimated the much cajoled Tea Party. I believe this was a vote of protests by Constitutional Conservatives to break the back of the GOP because they were NOT acting on the will of the people.

Yes, it's gonna be a long 4 or 8 years again, sorta like our 40 years in the desert, I guess.

Hopefully, the vacuum will be filled with a true Conservative party next go 'round.