NASHVILLE SCENE: It’s Off to Siberia for Tennessee Democrats: Contemplating the Collapse of Andy Jackson’s Party . It’s not the end of the two-party system — in fact, since Republicans haven’t been in charge before since Reconstruction, it’s more like a reassertion of the two-party system. But it’s certainly a change that has left a lot of people discomfited.

Why? According to one defeated legislator: “The president poisoned the well. State-wide people just aren’t voting for Democrats.”