{"id":1579,"date":"2012-11-08T16:19:37","date_gmt":"2012-11-08T05:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/climatereview.net\/ChewTheFat\/?p=1579"},"modified":"2020-10-21T11:46:10","modified_gmt":"2020-10-21T00:46:10","slug":"the-u-s-election-aftermath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatereview.net\/ChewTheFat\/?p=1579","title":{"rendered":"2012 U.S. Presidential Election post mortem"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many are rejoicing, about 49% are commiserating, and some are just saying, “Thank God it’s over”.  So, before we move onto the Next Best Thing in our fast-paced lives.  Here’s a quick sum up of the drama that was the 2012 U.S. Election<\/strong><\/p>\n

The election came down largely to 3 states<\/a> where it was 260,000 individual votes (out of 17million voters) that swung it.  That\u2019s not a huge landslide (as the final 303 Obama to 206 electoral votes suggest).   It was close and this narrow margin persisted for many hours during the collection of poll data.  Hence, Karl Rove disagreed with all other pundits (inc. his employer, Fox News<\/a>) when they called the election for Obama so early in the voting day:<\/p>\n

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However, with Obama, and his fellow Democrats\u2019, questionable record of the past 4+ years (official unemployment<\/a> still at 7.8% but real<\/a> up at 19.9%,  debt ceiling<\/a> from $6 trillion to $16 trillion, 3 massive Quantitative Easings<\/a>, annual Deficit<\/a> from $160 bil to $1 trill), it was Romney\u2019s to win.  He didn\u2019t though, so why?<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a couple of very good and insightful, post-match, synopses videos.  If you want more vitriolic opinions choose the CBC<\/a>, CNN<\/a> or CBS<\/a> networks.  They emphasise the Race Card, namely that \u201cRomney was not Latino enough\u201d, which is a fair point, but marginal and disseminating.  If you want deeper soul searching choose Laura Ingraham<\/a> or Bill O\u2019Reilly<\/a> of Fox News (Romney\u2019s soul backer among the big US media networks).  Race is an issue, but minor and one that the Democrats push constantly to deflect interest from uncomfortable, \u201creal\u201d issues such as the failing economy and unpopular Obamacare.  Romney should have answered Race issues, yes, but moved the dialogue back to the serious real agenda.  He, and his team, failed there:<\/p>\n

Ingraham says: lack of focus by Romney on unpopular Obamacare<\/h2>\n

Ingraham: In the End, Voters Didn\u2019t Feel a Connection With Romney<\/a>
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