misguided numbers...I would prefer popular vote to determine elections..only and that was a lot closer
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48 percent of the population said no to Obama....Hardly 2-1..

Nah then NY LA and Chicago and only the big cities would decide who is President. The Electoral College is needed to give a voice to those states with less population.

But I agree he did not get a mandate within the general population. But hey lets party. We are all going to get more money from Bill Gates and his friends....Hooray!

Yes We can......Lol

As a conservative, Obama definitely wasn't my pick. But, neither was McCain. My vote didn't go to either of them.

Anyway, now that Obama is the next president, I'm content to reserve judgement until I see what happens. One thing is certain, Repubs lately have given me very little reason to support them. They've sucked on a large variety of issues. So really, I didn't have much desire to see the same sort of repub keep things going. This stark contrast that Obama will present is actually preferable in some ways, if all it does is show repubs what a sorry lot they've been lately.

As forward thinking as many of these other countries claim to be, re: America losing credibility, etc, wonder how long it is until those countries elect a minority as their Chief Commander ?

We do all the time.. Our Prime Minister comes from and leads the party that wins the election, and with proportional representation, it is quite common for a government to win office with less than 45% of the popular vote.

KF is 100% correct, if you have simply "one person one vote" and not a system like your Electoral College, then the cities will determine government every time.

Dennis

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Very interesting NBC poll:

Only 30% are optimistic of Obama being president.

25% are scared.

27% are deeply concerned.

52% think he's qualified to be president.

42% think he's not.

It made me wonder how one could be elected with these kind of feelings prevalent. One answer popped into my mind. I guess unfortunatley a lot of people weren't voting about the issues as criteria.

I almost voted for him. I will admit I felt very uneasy listening to his acceptance speech.

I wish him and all of us the best.

Given the state of our country at this time (economic chaos and two wars), shouldn't we be sending ANY new fairly-elected president our best wishes and get solidly behind him in straightening out the awful mess this current administration has left us in. Hanging on to your old predjudices to your own detriment just doesn't make a lot of sense to me. Isn't it time to step up and just be better than that. Despite electing an African-American, it's clear that you STILL only need scratch the surface to get to the ugly underbelly. Guess we still have a ways to go. Sad. Maybe after all the 'righteous' among us have departed for Costa Rica (and Godspeed), we can began to heal as a nation (that IS what we want, right?) and start to feel good about ourselves and ALL of our fellow citizens.

I'm a liberal, but like Rory, I'll reserve judgement on Obama until AFTER he's been given a chance to suceed. God Bless America and all the brave people of good will and good conscience who were willing to break precedent and give him a chance.

chas

And you voted for him... Twice.

So you REALLY REALLY know what you are talking about, don't you?

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hehe, i like this better!

Fine, but my Tyros 3 is better than your new president.

Just kidding!