This article is right on. I'm not holding my breath that the Republicans will morph back to conservatives or that the Democrats will hold the line on spending. I don't think either party can change that much in 2 years.
I bet 95% of voters don't even know what "pork" is and the 10% that do don't even care about it enough to read up on who the culprits are (READ: both parties).
The election was lost for one simple reason: constant media harping on one of the most successful military operations in history, the invasion and occupation of 30 million by a force of 150,000 with less loss of life that in a battle for one island in four weeks in WWII.
How many times do you hear the media go on about pork? The elderly in this country (who comprise most of the vote) read the paper and watch tv and therefore heard one thing every day for two years: WE'RE DYING IN IRAQ!!!!