Liberal Translation:
“We liberals have screwed EVERYTHING up en royale, and we have nothing to blame the Conservatives with unless we make up even more lies, because if we don’t, we’re gonna get creamed again in November.”
That seems like a concise compilation to me.
My sense of it is that the “theme” of the election is not discovered until after it is held.
When GOP stomped in ‘94 it became the Year of the Angry White Male.
I don’t think I recall hearing “soccer mom” until after whatever that election was.