We kept Reid and we kept the Senate.
We also kept out the crazier republicans.
Still many of the new ones that got into congress, like Rand Paul, will be shunned by long term GOP people, so in addition to fighting the Senate and Obama, the GOP will face a good deal of infighting.
In many ways this is as much a gift to Obama as the Contract With America thing was for Clinton. We got a whole lot of new Republicans in the house who won't really know how to govern.
Plus, it's easier to bitch about what's going on in the country when the other party is perceived as having all of the power. Now that they are elected people will expect the GOP to actually do something, which will be much harder for them.
We're probably all better off with Pelosi as minority leader, because it makes her less of a target and she never really delivered for Obama efficiently anyway.
Now we just have to see what the lame duck congress pushes through at their last session.