Whom will Democrats blame for their midterm defeats?

Christopher Beam with Precriminations Monday at Slate.

The complete list of scapegoats will not be available until after the election. But it never hurts to get a head start.

Scott Rasmussen's polling analysis, summarized by Althouse.

The theory is, the Republicans will win big because people want to say "no" to the Democrats. If so, the Democrats should be kicking themselves — stomping themselves — for going all-out defining the GOP as "the party of 'no.'" These days, no is what people are for.