Prior to this election, a lot of pundits were saying that this was going to be a razor thin win for whichever candidate was victorious. They had said that the race was just "too close to call" in too many battleground states.
In the end, the whole thing was over before 11:30 PM EST. President Obama has won his re-election bid decisively with 303 Electoral Votes, and that doesn't include Florida, which is still counting ballots in Miami-Dade County, which is heavily Democratic. And the President has a lead in Florida already. 12 years ago, Florida was the state that decided the election, with some help from the Supreme Court. This year, Florida doesn't matter.
For the Romney campaign the line today from the news outlets is that they were genuinely surprised that they lost. Romney had only written a victory speech. He had no compunctions about being elected and if the news people are correct, this was a stunning surprise to them.
But the fact is that the polls, which many Republicans criticized as being skewed, were correct in the end. They weren't skewed for Democrats and they pretty much captured the election results accurately, with the exception of Scott Rasmussen, who was dead wrong on a lot of his predictions.
As to the results, the President has an indisputable mandate to lead the country. In addition to the electoral landslide, he also has won the popular vote with a majority of over 2 million votes.
So, 4 more years of an Obama Administration are what's in front of us. I believe they will prove to be historic and that we will see growth, change and economic expansion.
In other races, Claire McCaskill beat back a challenge from Todd "Legitimate rape" Akin. Elizabeth Warren took away the seat held by Scott Brown, and Tammy Baldwin beat Tommy Thompson, so three key races for the Senate were won by Democrats.
The house remains in Republican hands, but two key races were defeats for the Tea Party. Allen West lost his seat to Patrick Murphy in the Florida 18th Congressional District. In Illinois, Tammy Duckworth beat Joe Walsh in the 8th Congressional District race.
Thus, the Tea Party's days may be numbered and they may no longer be in a position to stymie the President's agenda.
Got a comment? Let's hear it!
In the end, the whole thing was over before 11:30 PM EST. President Obama has won his re-election bid decisively with 303 Electoral Votes, and that doesn't include Florida, which is still counting ballots in Miami-Dade County, which is heavily Democratic. And the President has a lead in Florida already. 12 years ago, Florida was the state that decided the election, with some help from the Supreme Court. This year, Florida doesn't matter.
For the Romney campaign the line today from the news outlets is that they were genuinely surprised that they lost. Romney had only written a victory speech. He had no compunctions about being elected and if the news people are correct, this was a stunning surprise to them.
But the fact is that the polls, which many Republicans criticized as being skewed, were correct in the end. They weren't skewed for Democrats and they pretty much captured the election results accurately, with the exception of Scott Rasmussen, who was dead wrong on a lot of his predictions.
As to the results, the President has an indisputable mandate to lead the country. In addition to the electoral landslide, he also has won the popular vote with a majority of over 2 million votes.
So, 4 more years of an Obama Administration are what's in front of us. I believe they will prove to be historic and that we will see growth, change and economic expansion.
In other races, Claire McCaskill beat back a challenge from Todd "Legitimate rape" Akin. Elizabeth Warren took away the seat held by Scott Brown, and Tammy Baldwin beat Tommy Thompson, so three key races for the Senate were won by Democrats.
The house remains in Republican hands, but two key races were defeats for the Tea Party. Allen West lost his seat to Patrick Murphy in the Florida 18th Congressional District. In Illinois, Tammy Duckworth beat Joe Walsh in the 8th Congressional District race.
Thus, the Tea Party's days may be numbered and they may no longer be in a position to stymie the President's agenda.
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