Conservative radio talk-show king Rush Limbaugh raised eyebrows when he predicted recently that Barack Obama would be a one-term president like Democrat Jimmy Carter. And with significant Republican victories in the November 3 elections, the Democrats could be headed for big losses in 2010 and 2012, including the White House.

In Virginia, Bob McDonnell, the Republican candidate for governor and a conservative Christian, won a smashing victory by a whopping 18 points in a state that currently has two Democrat US senators, has had two recent Democrat governors, and which went for Obama in 2008 by 6 points. The “swing”, or the difference between Obama’s win last year and McDonnell’s victory was 24 points, a massive shift in mostly independent voters which has been plaguing Obama himself since inauguration.

Even in super-liberal Fairfax County outside Washington, DC, which Obama won by 20 points, McDonnell split the vote evenly with his opponent Creigh Deeds, who is a moderate Blue Dog Democrat. Deeds’ loss should be a cannon shot over the bow of the 52 Blue Dogs