If predicting the outcome of the election was the national sport in the weeks running up to November 7th, interpreting the results has been the obsession of the aftermath.  Republicans have drawn comfort from some mystic streak of "conservatism" in the new class that's undetectable to anyone but themselves (and their pals in the media).  The DLC sees a triumph of "the third way" despite the fact that an economic populism that's the opposite of DLC policy seems to be the one universal among the victors.  

But rather than dwell on how so many interested parties are desperately scanning the bottom of the cup, looking to find something that looks like a hopeful sign for the failed policies of conservatism and corporatism, there's another set of tea leaves equally open to misinterpretation.  Instead of worrying about the meaning of the election, I'm more concerned about the meaning of the campaigns.