Get Out the Vote!

[mickeyd]

and now Florida

thus the landslide begins

 

[launderess]

Not to take away from anything, but the way things have been going the past several months, the republicans would have lost to anyone, even Bugs Bunny. Well anyone besides that Clinton woman.

It was almost Nixon versus Kennedy, the people wanted and need change, so the outcome was almost a given.

However as Queen Catherine Medici of France remarked after viewing the bodies of recently murdered enemies of her son, the King of France, "It is not enough that you cut, now you must learn to sew".

There is much talk that the 2009 president will be a one term office holder (no matter whom won), and the democrats do not have that much time before mid-term congressional elections in two years. There is much to do and many groups are not going to waste time in demanding their "payoff" for putting Mr. Obama and the rest over. Gays, blacks, latinos, immigrants, working women, and the lot all have agendas. The economy is a mess and the kitty is empty, so there isn't much wiggle room.

On the social agenda, it is important to remember not all democrats are socially "liberal". Therefore what flys say on the west and east coasts, may not with the South.

 

[peterh770]

Well said, Launderess...

 

[mickeyd]

"....even BugsBunny" and "that Clinton woman&

You are too funny, Laundress. Thank you for the bedtime tickle.

I'll be in Manhattan in a three weeks.

How about cocktails, tea, or a stroll through Central Park?

XXOO

Michael

 

[toggleswitch2]

Now why oh why do I smell the threat of a secession blooming?

 

[rickr]

Actually, the Kennedy Nixon race was VERY close. Nixon almost won in 1960.

I think that this landslide victory clearly shows that the republican party must finally move ahead, or forever be lost to history. The old games they have played for decades are not going to work any longer, and the South just isn't the Old South anymore.

 

[toggleswitch2]

Let's see if B.O. (sorry I just couldn't reisist *LOL*)turns out to be the messianic figure or the Anti-Christ incarnate he has been painted to be.

Chances are he is both and neither. There is tremenous pressure on him to be a "good" president as this presidency is historic.

BTW, he is more properly called mulatto / mestiço, rather than black. As such he is BOTH black & white, and perhaps he probably will be able to be related to and admired by a greater number of citizens than any other president that came before him.