Obama won because he got enough people to want to vote for him. Plain and simple. And if all the people on the right continue to do as they have in the past, the Dems will win again, even with a poor showing running the country. Because they're selling "hope" and I don't have any idea what our guys are selling.
And posting on a message board populated with 99% of people that think just like you do politically isn't going to change any minds.
And to be blunt, people perpetuating the Obama is a Muslim, Obama isn't a citizen, Obama rigged the election, ad infinitum... those people scare me enough to question myself on what we see in the same candidate on the conservative side of the election.
Being blunt has its' advantages :iagree:
Everytime someone regurgitates Reagan I wonder how much they really followed him. He was a great orator, charmer, usually smiled and meant it, didn't wear religion on his sleeve, had some common sense not many had. He had the common sense to realize that some severe tax cuts were hurting, and he proposed and got passed many a "revenue-enhancer", as he called them.
He also had the charm to get things done. He also started with a mess, and was a great guy to have there in his first term. Like many, second terms can be different. Like all presidents, he had his share of foul balls and strikeouts.
It'll be interesting to see Obama have to work with a Republican Congress, if that happens at all. It usually works out better for the President, since he has some cover against ideologues in his own party. With the poor performance of the House and Senate leaders, I think he secretly welcomes a change. We'll find out one way or the other.
The names I have to replace them are few. I loved guys like John Kasich and Joe Scarborough, who sadly, had to leave office to speak their minds. Kasich is running for Governor in Ohio this year, which can't be too hard a race given the circumstances.
The next Congress has a real mess to deal with, and it will require maturity and common sense. Not ideology.
