the networks have Obama at 200 EVs, but given gthat the west coast and Hawai’i are a guaranteed 77 EVs in Obama’s column, it’s done.
John McCain is a true patriot. I respect him greatly. I hope that he will stay in the Senate and return to his maverick roots, free of the need to prove himself to the social conservatives who never believed in him, who never supported him, and who abandoned him tonight despite his sacrificing everything for them. We need a man like McCain in the Senate, as part of a principled opposition rather than the screaming partisan hordes that he courted so assidously all year.
I imagine that for 2012 it will be all out war between Palin and Romney for the nod. And I also predict that McCain will be reviled by the very same conservatives – here and elsewhere – within six months of Obama’s inauguration, for daring to reach out a hand to the new President and working with him to secure our nation, our freedom, and our way of life from the threats within and without.
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social conservatives who never believed in him, who never supported him, and who abandoned him tonight despite his sacrificing everything for them
From the exit polls I saw white evangelicals were his best group… running at least 2-1.
Twas the squishes that abandoned him.
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McCain’s problem was that he was asking for the Republican vote while campaigning on the fact he often opposed his own party, and then asked for "the squishes" vote while painting himself as a true conservative Republican.
He tried to play both sides and is paying the price for it. I suppose the American people may not be too keen on mavericks in the White House.
Yeah, that’s sort of an odd statement. McCain was always so-con: pro-life, anti-gay-marriage, anti-drug. He tended to be moderate on things like free speech rights (campaign finance reform), taxes, global warming.
McCain lost the squishy moderates because Obama outspent him 10:1 the last couple weeks and had a lot of help from the media besides. Moderates are (almost by definition) more easily swayed by those things.
It’s nice to see the left is still complaining about “screaming partisan hordes” though. They’re nothing if not ironic. Hopefully, someday Aziz will come to grips with his hate of half of America. I know it will take time, but I have faith in him.
McCain was in an impossible position, placed there squarely by the religious right- he couldn’t move too far away from them or he’d lose them and lose the election and he couldn’t stay too close or he’d lose the middle and the election. He really had no chance, and the Republicans simply never ran any candidate who had a chance, particularly with the timing of the meltdown in the mrotgage industry that revealed all the inherent weaknesses built into the financial infrastructure. In the end it is unimportant to voters that most of it was the doing of Democrats- it happened while Bush was president, he and his party take the blame, just as the Democrats toook credit for the good times during the dot-com speculation bubble of the 90’s.
Bottom line, just as in 94 when Republican’s won congress. You’ve won. Now you must govern. For better or for worse My President will be Barak Obama for at least 4 years.
Good time to be in school.
For better or for worse My President will be Barak Obama for at least 4 years
Heh, well, at least 2 anyway.
I’ve seen Chicago politics up close, and the watchdogs are already sniffing at his heels.
The religious right? Are you daft? Do you even read what you write?
Why couldn’t the middle be more "tolerant" of the religious? Why can’t this be the fault of the middle?
That you blame this on the religious speaks more to your own biases than objective reality.
If you want to blame the religious right that wouldn’t vote for McCain if he strayed too far, then you must be fair and blame the so-called middle that wouldn’t vote for McCain if he strayed too far from them too.
You do want to be fair, right?
That you blame this on the religious speaks more to your own biases than objective reality
Hey! Leave Aziz alone, it’s his time to celebrate a great victory over the half of America he hates. Must you rain on his spiteful parade?
Dave,
I wasn’t talking to Aziz. I was talking to J.A. Eddy.
Just overheard not 45 seconds ago:
Obama Supporter:  "Die, McCain. Die. Die. Die."
Man:Â "Now, now…"
Obama Supporter: "What? He going to be dead soon anyway."
Yeah… the next four years are going to be full of wonderful leftist tolerance.
Kevin.
Sorry, that wasn’t clear, as Aziz made the same point, which J.A. was echoing.Â
Still, we should let the left celebrate; it’s nice to see them happy for a change.
Tomorrow, they take up the burden of answering for everything that goes wrong with their policies.
Congratulations to Obama!Â
And thank God that racism is now off the table in America. Â Â
No more talk of reparations, or the evils of Jim Crow, or affirmative action.Â
Those wounds have been healed, and we’re beyond that now.Â
hahah jaymaster, you kill me.
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Well, that was one of Obama’s s-t-r-e-t-c-h promises. Â
And I’m going to hold him to it.Â
We gave him the power. Now he better fix it….
My money is on Newt Gingritch as the 2012 nominee, unless someone most of us has never heard yet of makes a big splash in opposition in the next Congress. He’s at his best as a voice in the wilderness, and that’s precisely what the GOP needs right now.
I don’t see Palin or Romney as the 2012 nominee in any event. Palin’s got a very negative public image because of her performance in this campaign, and many Republicans blame her for McCain’s loss. Romney’s support this year was pretty shallow, mainly people seeing him as the best of several bad options; I don’t think that gives him a good base for the next round of primaries.
Blame Palin for McCain’s loss? What Republicans are you talking to? Palin was picked to energize the base and she did.
I don’t see Gingritch in 2012. He’s too far removed from the public eye and has got too much baggage left over from the 90’s. If he were to run he’d have done so this year.
No, I’m betting on Palin in 2012. She’ll have more executive experience to draw from and be more refined.
The party needs Palin and I think she’ll be there for them when they come calling in four years.
I think that discussing 2012 is premature – unless the GOP intends to concede 2010. Still, it’s clear from Romney’s positioning that he is laying the groundwork for ‘12, and will likely face Palin, in what could be an intriguing repeat of the Obama-Hillary dynamic (substitute being a Mormon for being an African American).
Palin is a divisive figure in the GOP, with social conservatives loving her and the fiscal conservatives aghast. She will not be able to unite the party because shes the main reaso so many prominent Obamacons – including Chris Buckley Jr – jumped ship. However she doesnt need to unite the party to win the nomination.
That said, Palin has such low favorables nationwide that if she does win the nomination in ‘12, she’ll lose badly to Obama. Romney is a much stronger candidate because he can credibly follow McCain’s model of arguing that he’s an independent-minded politician.
At any rate, 2012 is a long way away and the Dems will definitely have 60 seats if the GOP doesnt get focused.
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