A Decisive but Not Overwhelming Victory for Barack Obama
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can he live up to the expectations?
Can Obama live up to the expectations? Since succeeding with a large majority vote from Republicans, can he produce what he has stated?
The 40-year old vote
I found it interesting that Obama didn't fair as well with voters in their 40's. I wouldn't be surprised if a large number of voters in this age group are the voters more $250,000 but less than, say, $325, 000.
My husband is in this income bracket, and he's worked 20 hard years to get there. We've done everything by the book -- saved money for a down-payment on a modest house, consistently put money away for college, saved for retirement. We don't take pricey vacations, aren't driving fancy cars.
I didn't vote for Obama because it feels as though he's punishing hard-working people for doing things "right." Not everyone who has money earned it by scamming other people or being in overpaid positions.
Before he goes looking for another tax bracket to solve the financial problems in this country, Obama may want to look at contributing factors such as overpaid corporate heads, jobs being sent overseas without financial penalty to those companies who do so,the cost to educate and provide health care to illegal immigrants, poor education standards and decreased education opportunities for lower-income children from pre-K to college and, of course, the money bleeding out of this country for the war.
Obama may want to temper his "spread the wealth" mentality with this group -- they could cost him a second term.
A lack of grace
Mr. Barone could take a clue from his conservative brother Senator McCain in how to gracefully deal with defeat. Where Senator McCain was magnanimous and gracious in his concession, Mr. Barone seems small and vindictive in his commentary. Perhaps this a reason America has rethought their interest in conservative politics as it exists today: win or lose, conservatives seem most interested in telling the world the other guy is just dead wrong. I think America's had enough. I know I have.
Has anyone noticed. . .
. . .that the comments from the Left on this blog have been fatuous, insipid, banal, and mean-spirited. It really is a movement based on emotions--and one utterly-devoid of rationality and reason.
Michael Barone, easily the smartest commentator on American politics today, has been called "dumb" on this blog for stating the obvious: that the empirical data suggests a decisive but not an overwhelming victory. I hate to break it to the foaming-at-the-mouth Left-wing zealots here, but the numbers support his claim. After a financial crisis in September, a media actively cheerleading and covering up for a candidate for two years, and a glaring money disadvatage in the general election (and especially the key swing states), the Democratic nominee won about 52.6% of the vote. If 52.6% of the vote is an overwhelming--as opposed to decisive--victory then I would suggest many of the hostile readers hit the books on past presidential elections. Maybe they could start with the many editions of Michael Barone's Almanacs of American Politics.
The tittle of this article
Obama outnumbered your baybies by 7.5 million votes. 370 electoral votes is more than overwhelming. Your tittle is ridiculous
Decisive
It surely beats losing!
Decisive and Overwhelming
And you were probably complaining about how the electoral college was antiquated in 2000. Now it's what you hang your hat on. Bias? Look in the mirror.
Obamas victory
More of Micheal Barone's bullshit.He is wired so wrong,that he can not see reaity.
Decisive Victory
Barone bias rides again.
The foreign and domestic failures, the religious insinuation into public policy, and the hysteria of orthodoxy will require a generation to repair.
The best cure is fresh air, something the wounded right wing on your grey haired eagle cannot help.
Stay out of the way and suck your feathers.
WHY OBAMA WILL SUCCEED
OBAMA WILL SUCCEED, SUCCEED, AND SUCCEED THOROUGHLY! WE THE BELIEVERS OF AMERICA HAVE SPOKEN AND SO IT IS AND WILL BE! ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL TIMES IN OUR NATIONS HISTORY!IN SPITE OF THE HATERS, SMALL MINDED THE BIGOTED AND ALL THAT IS OPPOSITE TO GOOD, POSITIVE AND BELIEVING! AND AS FAR AS ON THE BACKS - I HOPE YOU ARE NOT A POL SCI TEACHER IN THE PUBLIC SYSTEM - YOUR LACK OF EDUCATION IS SHOWING - THIS COUNTRY WAS BUILT AND WE ARE BAIILING PEOPLE OUT NOW WITH THE HARD WORK OF THE SLAVES. WOW ARE YOU REAL?
