“U.S. Decisively Elects First Black President”
2000 Bush narrowly elected with 51%
2008 Obama decisively wins with 52%
Well, I would agree with that title. You’re trying to “slant it” to be something that it’s not (i.e., “indecisive”). I posted the following in another thread...
I call 52.8-45.8% a blowout [68,465,974-59,417,826]. My comparison is what happened with Bush and what happened with Clinton. Obama did far more than either of those guys...
Take a look yourself
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/elections/states_map/index.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_2008
Obamas election (2008) 52.8-45.8% [[68,465,974-59,417,826]
Bushs last election (2004) 50.7-48.3% [62,040,610-59,028,444]
Bushs first election (2000) 47.9-48.4% [50,456,002-50,999,897] - Bush lost the popular vote; won electoral college
Clintons re-election (1996) 49.2-40.7% [47,402,357-39,198,755]
Clintons election (1992) 43.0-37.7% [44,909,806-39,104,500] - another, third candidate in election
Compared to what has gone on before, Obama was elected by far greater majorities than any of these Presidents in the last five elections (including the present one)...
So Obama *was elected decisively*... indeed... (no matter whether you or I agree with him being elected).