I believe the Democrats were extraordinarily organized, purposeful and devious to the point of putting together a line up of scandals for their willing goons in the MSM to harp about. However, I don't believe that Rahm E is the genius you think him to be. They, like rats in the cage have had 12 years to learn, and they learned, simple. That coupled with what I believe to have been targeted massive voter fraud ala t he likes of ACORN and myriad other "nonpartisan voter signup drives" in the key districts have secured their victories. The Pubs have been to "womanly" to pursue this.
They have also done an extreme amount of opposition research, a good deal of it probably gathered here....
Oh, I don't think he is a genius, as much as one who is a good learner.
We counted too much on the GOTV effort not realizing that the Rats had finally learned how to do it, too.