Here are three lessons the Democrats should learn from this:

1) Americans want real health-care reforms — not the dog’s breakfast that’s on the table now.

2) Americans want a serious approach to national security — and we don’t have one now.

3) Americans are not comfortable with one-party rule.

I’m not betting a dime that Reid, Pelosi, or anyone at MSNBC will get any of that. It’s too simple.