Im actually appalled by some of the so called conservatives and how angry and upset they are. Losing gracefully is much more important than losing poorly. Remember that.
Im sure people will sit there and dissect this better than me, but here is my non-partisan take on everything. Also keep in mind I PREDICTED Obama to win, so no sore loser here.
1) All the mainstream media polls that people didnt believe because of the over sampling of democrats......were true. The conservative polls from guys like Dick Morris, Fox itself, were all WRONG. Romney never had a chance in OH or FL or PA like they reported. Wasnt even close. Well FL was close but not THAT close.
2) Obama ran a MUCH better ground campaign than the GOP. PERIOD. Lokoing at the individual county numbers, its staggering. He gained 14-17K more votes in Miami-Dade than in 2008. That ALONE wipes out any gains Romney would have made in other counties. He went small, he decided to increase his turnout in states he knew he could win, Romney went BIG, and lost. Looking at OH, he had +10k votes in counties over 08. Hell, Romney LOST ground in places Mccain was in in 08.
3) Looking at demographics , minorities and women broke overwhelmingly for Obama. This is a major problem for the GOP. They have no solution for it. They have soul searching to do, i will get to that in a minute.
4) GOP was contingent on winning 74-75% of the WHITE vote. And, if they get that, they win. easily. Problem is that isnt happening. Only 72% turned out, that 2-3% is several million votes, and it cost them 2 elections now. Obama and the Dems are getting a wide demographic, GOP is targeting white people. Times are changing, they cant campaign like that anymore. Which brings me to my last point.
5) The GOP has MAJOR soul searching to do. They must abandon this Anti-Gay Marriage, Religious only PRO LIFE, anti-minority positions. They need a candidate who will stand up to the religious right and tell them to CHILL THE FUCK OUT. Gay Marriage doesnt mean the end of human morality, Pro-Choice doesnt mean abortions at every gas station, Illegal Immigration reform doesnt mean deport all mexicans.
In closing, i still believe they are right (GOP)on economics, and the next 4 years will how that, or it wont. Obama can no longer blame Bush or the problems he inherited. So unless we see major improvement in the economy, it will be obvious his policies of tax and spend arent working. But that is to be seen. Conversely, if the economy picks up and we return to 4% UE, $2 gas, home prices rebound, ill be the first to say "Thank you Mr. President." I just dont see that happening.
Id advise against the doom and gloom stuff, we saw that 4 years ago, and you know, we are all still here. Some of us better off, some of us not. Its not the end of the world. Obama isnt the anti-christ. Its pointless to predict where we are going to be in 2 years. I am not rooting for failure, im rooting for a better country. When people say stuff like "lets bet on how bad it will be in 2 years" it just sounds like conjecture to me. It sounds like you are hoping it to get bad so you can say "see i told you so" . Im not in that camp.
I hope im wrong about everything i think is going to happen. I hope for everyones sake, the economy improves and that our elected leaders learn to work together, not against each other, and most importantly , not against us.
That is all.
Good Night, see you in 2 years for 2014 Mid Terms.