Why Barack Obama Won: Voter Anger and Desire for Change

You have omitted a couple of factors that contributed to the Republican loss. The selfishness of the "millenials" - pitted against the WWII era seniors & their "boomers" over social security.Appealing to their cowardice as well "millenials" have no intention of ever risking their lives for their country ,they voted in droves for

Obama .Secondly, the double cross by Obama with regard to public funds that enabled him to flood the airwaves with ads.

Robert of TX 2:48AM November 10, 2008

I am not sure many of us will live to see George Bush, probably the most maligned President since Abraham Lincoln, vindicated by History, but I am certain he will be.

1) George Bush did not create the economic crisis. It started its way down with Bill Clinton and the Democrats who passed legialtion making loans available to people who did not qualify for them. Now those same people failed on their loans and the spiral escalated. This is a global problem, and not one that you can lay blame on one man. 2) This country went to war with the support of the majority of it's elected officials and the populace. The decisions were made based on the intelligence available at the time. Anyone who disagrees with our taking out Sadam Hussein is an idiot and needs to open their eyes. Might well be worth a trip to the library and some research into World War II and that little fellow with the strange mustache in Nazi Germany. No-win, It looks to every rational person that we are winning. 3) Blaming Bush for the Stock markets crash makes about as much sense as blaming the destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina on him (you forgot about that one). Face it, many small minded people never forgave George Bush for winning over that nit wit Al Gore in 2000. He has been vilified ever since he took office. Well America, we wanted change, we now have it. Lets see what we do with it. We need to do now, what we as a people never did in the last 8 years. Support our President and move on. The election is over -thank God! And we all better remember how to pray to God again.

Harry R of VA 12:31PM November 07, 2008

The RNC has been doing a lot over the past several years to cripple itself.It still claim thats limited government (and limited spending) is a cornerstone principle of the party however the elected representatives has not been showing this value in their actions. The copius numbers of House and Senate Republican names that were approved the bailout bill illustrates this. That they did this as McCain was starting to fall in the polls hurt the party even more.

Voters were offered the choice between the Big Government party with a social interest core and the Big Government party with the moral interest core. Between those two choices, what did the voters pick? There was the block of Dems that were solidy behind Obama, and the block of Repubs that were solidly behind McCain.

For the rest of us, it was either....vote for the one you like a litte bit better or conversely, vote against the one that you think is the greater evil. For a charismatic candidate against the backdrop of a hugely unpopular administration, the RNC helped set the stage for Obama to do very well.

Carol Gardner of NH 11:12PM November 06, 2008

Everyone needs to remember that we just elected a President of the country, not a dictator. The president can't pass laws and can't authorize spending. Only congress can do that.

And only about 5% of the incumbents in both the house and senate lost their seats (some open seats alos changed parties).

So the next congress is still very similar to the current one. And their approval rating was lower than Bush's. So the direction of the country will not change as much as everyone thinks it will.

Bob of TX 1:51PM November 06, 2008