The US Presidential election thread

[SarahS83]

Le Donald tweets for "a revolution"

I'm sure Donald Trump would be strangely quiet about the unfairness of it all had Romney won.

[Darth Penguin]

I'm sure Donald Trump would be strangely quiet about the unfairness of it all had Romney won.

Ya think???LOL....

[Darth Penguin]

Romney's concession speech

Dear mitty..your wives and children have thier own ideas ..They don't follow you

[DaveP]

4 more years...

Hope he gets more accomplished than in the last 4.

[madchives]

hoping that now that 4 years have been wasted with the darn internal shoot,
perhaps the republicians will realize they do not represent america as it is now.
it is not all white males - sorry guys - not really.

so glad i slept through the live coverage - blood pressure couldn't handle it

[Patty Smyth]

Well, glad all that crap is over. Maybe there's hope yet for them there United States.

[madchives]

obama does not flip-flop
i remember watching this live, heart swelled as this sort of person was going to be
the future and so glad he is

[Andit]

Interesting, tho, that the popular vote was so close:

Obama
59, 219, 040

Romney
56,766,370

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/feature...lection-night/

[Andit]

This is kinda interesting - 56% of eligible voters choose not to exercise their rights:

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2012/11...boycott-polls/

[Andit]

Another stat on voter turnout:

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0781453.html

[DaveP]

Is Obama really the best choice for Canada?

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/stor...ma-canada.html

Very interesting read.

[madchives]

sorry dave - i care about what obama means to everyone/the world
hoping that doesn't sound too optimistic.

crazy how the world news is so happy --- trying not to think about
what they would have said about romney

[Patty Smyth]

Not really , some have been closer. It actually looked for a while like he would not get the popular vote.

http://www.thenation.com/blog/171085...r-bush-or-bush#

[Patty Smyth]

At least he got a majority of the popular vote , some people were elected without that , hmmmm wonder who?

[Andit]

Not really , some have been closer. It actually looked for a while like he would not get the popular vote.

http://www.thenation.com/blog/171085...r-bush-or-bush#

Interesting read.

I wonder how many voters write none of the above (or a less genteel version of that ).