I will respect the office of President and thus Obama... But make no mistake... this was not a “fair” election by far... unless you would call a fight between an elephant and an ant a fair fight. Obama benefitted from many things, but my contention i still honor, the root of the win was the MSM. Even Obama’s money wouldn’t have been what it was had they not been in the tank, he wouldn’t have been able to fundraise had an honest media even remotely looked into how he was raising money, or to complicity manipulate the populace they way they did... again... the MSM is the winner.
It was a fair fight - one Democrat lost and one Democrat won. There was no Republican in the race.
I totally agree. But we will remain a minority party at our peril. Obama can be forced to the center and that is our responsibility. And the people here can do it. But if we stomp our feet and say our way or the highway we are handing the d’splats exactly what they want. Screw Pelosi and Reed — Obama is the guy who will be the moderate. Have you really been listening to him? If you think it is BS, let’s at least give it a try, huh?
Yes, it is time to begin to seriously consider compromise where we can, and standing on principle where we must. This country has to solve its problems or we all suffer mightily. Even Fox seems to have gotten the message. We will do this or marginalize FreeRepublic for a long time. I say let’s try to “perfect the union” (yeah, BHO said it, but he’s right here). Being in total obstructionist mode, as some are suggesting, is suicide. C’mon people. This may not be as much fun, but I love my country enough to do this. And if we make it clear we’re ready for it, and the Dems fail to meet us half-way, as they surely will fail, then we can arrange an off-year revolt and take back the congress in 2 years. But if we simply kick and scream, we’re going to lose a few MORE seats in the Senate in 2 years and then we will really be f@*ked and have only ourselves to blame. Follow Susan Collins, the stealth reactionary!