A nice summary

I just got this from the state Democratic Party chairman (emphasis mine):

Republicans and some in the media will blame Bush and Iraq for GOP losses in Maryland and across the nation. What that argument is designed to hide is this: Iraq, Katrina, the culture of corruption, deception and hyper-partisanship is who the Republicans are and what they try to do. These were not mistakes. They are the result of being and implementing what it means to be Republican.

The voters rejected those values.

Sums it up pretty neatly.