If he governs to the right, he will pick up enough conservative votes to add to those he got this last time around, and retain all the libs who got all excited about voting for skin color last time and the yellow dog dems. At the same time he will effectively eliminate any apparent need for a new RINO president ala what McCain and others called for recently. Who needs Chuck Hagel or whoever if Obama is doing enough to please conservatives who don't come to FR but who thought they'd give this guy a shot?
“If he governs to the right, he will pick up enough conservative votes to add to those he got this last time around...”
It’s funny you should mention this. I was perusing through a local bookstore recently, and I found a book written by the lickspittles at NBC (”How Barack Obama Won: A State-by-State Guide to the History 2008 Election”). While the commentary is enough to make you barf, the data they provide is very enlightening.
One thing that struck me as interesting was that, overall, 13% of Republicans voted for Obama. In contrast, only 7% of Democrats voted for McCain.
One could argue, actually, that it was that not-inconsequential minority of Republicans who put Obama over the top. Ain’t that a kick in the shins?