I have long believed that Obama purposely lost Democrats the House in 2010. He figured that John Boehner and the Republicans would be a good target and help him get reelected in 2012. It worked for Bill Clinton to run against a Republican Congress in 1996, so Obama figured it would work for him too.
Obama seemed to purposely make gaffes in 2009 and 2010 and had Democrats push through a horrible cap and trade bill in the House which never had any chance of passing the Senate.
If you look closely, he barely lifted a finger to help Democrats in 2012. George W. Bush raised money for Republicans in 2002 and 2006 and had an entire midterm election strategy. All Presidents in recent memory have had strong midterm election strategies to help their party. Not Obama.
The problem with what Obama did was that Democrats probably wont get the House back for a generation. All Republicans need to do is turn their redistricting keys and lock Democrats out of the House for a generation.
What kind of Democrat does this to his own party? Its clear that Obama cares about nothing but getting himself reelected, even if the Democratic party burns.
Politics is war and Republicans are the enemy. Obama, like a naive child, stupidly thought and still thinks that Republicans will work with him. Democratic Presidents like Harry Truman, FDR, JFK, and LBJ realized that this is war and that is why Democrats were so successful under them.
The Democratic party will be paying for generations for Obama's selfishness.