[mabelkitty]

You joined to say this?
I disagree. If he was white with the same policies and associations, he wouldn’t have won.
Period.

[Paradox]

You are absolutely correct. He was a likable "Black" man, and he stood for the nebulous concept of "change". Its not like EVERYBODY voted for him, heck, nearly half (47%) voted for the "other" guy, even with EVERYTHING that went wrong for him.

I hate these handwringing vanities. What we need is one or two threads of WHAT happened, Why, and where to go from here, thats all.

One thing I am interested in is Sarah's future. The EggHead-Cons are going to try to crush her. I am something of an egg head myself, but I think Sarah can ADD to her character, maybe studying up of foreign policy and economics, and 4 years hence emerge as a very strong force in the Republican party. I'd like to see that.