Listening to the Voters?

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The search for the meaning of last week’s election returns has yielded many theories to account for why people voted for the party out of power and against incumbents. Sure is a mystery, there. What could possibly be behind such random voter behavior? There must be clues, somewhere, carved into stone. Angry men. Apathetic women. Frustrated youths. Frightened seniors … take your pick.

Well, whatever the answer, the people still in power are reading it as a clear mandate to ram more government regulations down the throats of the voters.  As Tim Devaney of The Hill reports:

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