- Well, I wasnt suprised that Obama would end up prevailing. The combination of the unapproval of Bush and the economy taking a crapper at the right time for Obama proved too much for McCain to overcome. I'm still unclear to this way over hyped word called "change". When, Where, and more importantly, How still has not fully been established in my view. I really think we have the 2nd coming of Jimmy Carter on our hands here; situations and campaign slogans are irrely similar. I was actually suprised how close McCain was in the popular vote at the beginning of the evening, but towards the end, California voted and it was good night nurse. Speaking of California, I was suprised to see that 3 pieces of conservative proposals on the ballot passed (or didnt, to get technical), with ease as well. #'s 7,8,10 http://www.presstelegram.com/ci_10906329?source=rss .
Our group had Obama winning, but we expected a closer race in the electoral sense. We had 5 states going to McCain that went to Obama: FL,GA, ME, NV, and OH. Our popular vote predictions were off as well: 66 mil for Obama and 63 mil for McCain, while the real results were 63 mil for Obama and 56 mil for McCain. These vote totals may not be final, but for an election that was tabbed as the coming out party for the younger demographic and new voters, the numbers dont reflect this at all: in 04, bush had 62 mil compared to Kerry's 59 mil, which, when added up, suggest less participation for this years election.
These numbers also say that Obama does indeed have an electoral mandate to the presidency. His electoral number exceeds the required 270 to claim victory for t he oval office.
P.S. Is anyone else troubled by the fact that Milwaukee passed legislation requiring companies to give 5 paid sick days? Thats essentially 2 weeks of paid vacation for everyone. What happened to proposals that stimulate job and company growth, not the opposite where government is forcing policy on business? Benefits and jobs will be cut to make up for the cost of this absurd government intervention.
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I was surprised at your comparison of another Carter administration. I never thought of that when looking at this election. I too was surprised that the three conservative proposals on the California ballot were passed. They seem to be such a liberal state as far as how they vote and for the simple fact that gay marriage was allowed, to vote so conservative on these proposals.
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