Sabato's Crystal Ball (Larry Predicts a 2nd Term for Obama)

Center for Politics ^ | November 5, 2012 | Larry Sabato

[Livin_large]

With a slight, unexpected lift provided by Hurricane Sandy, Mother Nature’s October surprise, President Barack Obama appears poised to win his second term tomorrow. Our final Electoral College projection has the president winning the key swing states of Colorado, Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire, Ohio and Wisconsin and topping Mitt Romney, with 290 electoral votes.

This has been a roller-coaster campaign, though very tight ever since Romney dramatically outshone Obama in the first debate in Denver on Oct. 3. Yet for a challenger to defeat an incumbent, the fates must be with the challenger again and again. Who could have imagined that a Frankenstorm would act as a circuit-breaker on the Republican’s campaign, blowing Romney off center stage for three critical days in the campaign’s last week, while enabling Obama to dominate as presidential comforter-in-chief, assisted by his new bipartisan best friend, Gov. Chris Christie (R)?

[RightWingNilla]

I am in full agreement. As much damage as I think Obama will do in a second term...the scariest aspect of an Obama win is that we've lost the country. This is by far the easiest decision in our nation's history. We have a side lying, cheating and stealing...who've accomplished nothing but pass legislation a majority did not want. If a majority the American People can't see that then we are toast.

Well put.