I feel like there was an assumption that people would be behind the war because it's the 'right thing to do' or because a lot of people will always support a war, or whatever, but they underestimated the number of people tired of this stuff, and they may have also wrongly assumed Republicans would go along. Not with a Democrat in the White House. If this was W they would be banning Saran Wrap because it sounds too much like Syria.
After months of breathless media coverage on how scandal-plagued politicians can still thrive, Weiner (to no one's surprise) and Spitzer are both down. Mark Sanford lucked out being in a district with people who didn't care about his past.
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/09/weiner-and-spitzer-lost-heres-what-we-learned-96606.html
In Colorado, the two Democratic senators who were put on the ballot for gun control legislation were recalled. Once again it looks like for all the talk of the public supporting gun control, the other side usually has the motivation and power.
http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_24064007/colorado-recall-morse-says-turnout-lower-than-he