The 0bama win is not necessarily due to our weak candidate. The base was energized and I am comfortable they came out to vote too.
What we need to focus on going forward is how the other party effectively found new voters and got them to the polls. You see they, the new voters, have had a positive reinforcement for their actions. Their candidate won and won big. This is no longer a one time event. We have to work over the next 2 years to win voters back, we have to educate the new voters, and we have to find new voters.
We are no longer just a minority party, but we have been effectively marginalized. And it is only going to get tougher...
We will have to take a look at the total vote numbers, but the way it looks now, the total vote will not surpass the Bush-Kerry race, which Bush won 62 million to 59 million. So I wonder how energized the base really was.