President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden were re-elected Tuesday night, defeating Republican challenger Mitt Romney and his vice-presidential running mate Rep. Paul Ryan.
NBC News called the presidential election for Obama around 11:15 EST. The president sent a message on Twitter at 10:14 saying simply, "This happened because of you. Thank you."
The Obama campaign won the most expensive presidential race ever, with both parties raising about $2.6 billion. The race was filled with negative campaigning on both sides, from President Obama attacking Romney’s business experience with Bain Capital to Romney lambasting Obama’s handling of the economy.
The race tightened during the final months of the campaign, with gaffes and surges from both candidates. After a weak performance after the Republican Convention, Romney surged following Obama’s listless performance after the first presidential debate. Nevertheless, the president cemented a lead in battleground states heading into Tuesday’s election.
Obama handily won California, which also went blue in 2008.
which, of course, is why it'll never fly here.. let's hope washington hears about it.. doug
I thought some might be interested in this article. One of the points it raised that I found interesting: “Money is a necessary condition for electoral success...But it’s not sufficient, and it’s never been.” "Even by the flush standards of a campaign in which the two presidential candidates raised $1 billion each, the scale of outside spending was staggering: more than $1 billion all told, about triple the amount in 2010." "Flush with cash, Republican-leaning groups outspent Democratic ones by an even greater margin than in 2010. But rather than produce a major partisan imbalance, the money merely evened the playing field in many races." http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/08/us/politics/little-to-show-for-cash-flood-by-big-donors.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
As far as our representatives: The Dems. have drifted to the right. The right has gone 'righter'. Generally. Of course, it still depends on Which R or D you are talking to. Thank goodness.
Ah, yes, "them." That reminds me, have the Tea Party Patriots called for Marco Rubio's birth certificate yet? He was born in Cuba, right? Dinesh D'Souza's gonna do a documentary about him, right? "The Republicans wouldn't of lost if they'd gotten their base out." Ah ha! "You can't say the Republicans aren't inclusive." Lord, no! You don't ever want to consider that one. "It's hard to beat Santa Claus… they don't see themselves as moochers, they're entitled to it." Staying with what works… excellent -- HILLARY 2016!
Where is the wealth in this country going? Who is profiting the most and why? Why do we have to spend more on defense than any other country on the world? Why does our country have the highest percentage of its population in jail? Are trading away our liberties and rights to privacy as guaranteed by the Constitution really necessary to ensure our domestic security? Why is power in this country being consolidated down into fewer and fewer controlling interests? Why are lobbyists and private think-tanks or councils allowed to exercise such control over our publicly-elected government? And who has given the government the mandate to place us in never-ending debt? And who profits from that debt?
Russ, you have made a lot of ignorant statements on this thread, more than I can possibly count. But this one takes the prize. So you think doctors are the ones to blame for the rising costs in healthcare? You really need to pay for a cable subscription package that includes something other than MSNBC and Sesame Street!
It's not Republican Democrat 40% of the U.S. are Independents which leaves 30/30 for Rep./Dem so trying to figure out who these people are fighting... Read behind 'The Green Mask' to see what's really going on....