Obama victory sets off jubilation across U.S.

Wednesday 05th November, 10:20 AM JST

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SushiSake3 at 04:14 PM JST - 5th November

SuperLib - thanks for voting for Obama.

Appreciated!
SushiSake3 at 04:18 PM JST - 5th November

I'm looking forward to Sarah Palin blaming the 'gotcha!' Liberal media elite for this huge loss that will hurl her and the old guy into the trash heap of history!

I've got to say, it's nice to have faith in Americans again. :-)
CavemanLawyer at 04:22 PM JST - 5th November

certain people consider someone black if they have the slightest of black ancestry .

Well, I consider myself to be Vulcan. After all, I am pretty logical!

Obama can be as black or white on the inside as he wants. It does not change his DNA make-up however.
SushiSake3 at 04:38 PM JST - 5th November

Al Quaeda leadership will be sobbing that their man mcCain didn't win :-)
Sarge at 10:51 PM JST - 5th November

"Obama and his campaign team have out-thought, out-played and out-performed not only the GOP ticket"

Give me a break - the financial crisis ( caused mainly by Democrat policies ) handed Obama the presidency on a silver platter. He could have picked his nose and eaten some buggers during the debates and he still would have won.

Dennis - "I never understood that system ( the Electoral College system )anyway"

It blows. It was designed to give low-population states more voting power. I will admit, though, it did save us from an Al Gore presidency. This may be an electoral landslide, but the fact remains that only 52% of the voters voted for Obama. That means nearly half of the voters didn't want Obama. We are a seriously divided country.

USAFdude: "Tina ( Fey ) was spot on, ne"

Real Americans don't say "spot on" - we say "awesome!"

Heh, the Obama presidency is going to provide SNL and the late-nite shows with far more material than Bush, Cheney, McCain and Palin combined!

"Al Quaeda leadership will be sobbing that their man mcCain didn't win"

They're firing rockets in celebration in Gaza.

And The Reverend Jackson is in tears. The same Reverend Jackson who said he'd like to cut off Obama's nuts! Ha ha ha!
Alphaape at 11:24 PM JST - 5th November

And The Reverend Jackson is in tears. The same Reverend Jackson who said he'd like to cut off Obama's nuts! Ha ha ha!

Sarge, mark my words, the first sign of the Dems breaking ranks will come from the good Rev. Jackson. Since Obama has to give up his Senate seat, the IL governor will appoint another Dem. Jessie's son is a prime candidate (currently in the US House) but Obama will be wise to keep the distance between himself and Jackson to soothe the other 50 million that did not vote for him. So my guess from that you will see the first splinters in the Dems.

I give them a good 8 months, and just like with Carter when Obama does not do exactly as he said he would will the good times wear off.

But, even though I did not vote for him, I have to give him his moment.
Molenir at 04:11 AM JST - 6th November

Preach on Sarge...

One thing though.

Heh, the Obama presidency is going to provide SNL and the late-nite shows with far more material than Bush, Cheney, McCain and Palin combined!

It would, if they told jokes about democrats. But they don't. Its off limits to do that. Only 1 in 10 jokes on late night TV are about dems, the rest are about republicans. Don't know what the comedians are going to do now, they're either going to have to start making fun of Democrats, or come up with something new.
shimajiro at 02:04 PM JST - 6th November

Well, I would have preferred that McCain had won but my hat's off to Obama and his team. His campaign raised prodigous amounts of money in both the primary and general and the candidate himself stayed on message and comitted relatively few gaffes.

I'm proud of my country for having elected its first black president and wish Mr. Obama well. I just hope he chooses not to indulge the protectionist wing of his party or pass card check legistlation. Such actions could only exacerbate the economic malaise.

All in all, I think John McCain ran a creditable campaign. He did well to win 47% of the vote given the state of the economy, Bush's unpopularity and the unbalanced media coverage. I don't think any of his competitors for the Republican nominsation could have done as well.
Molenir at 08:24 PM JST - 6th November

All in all, I think John McCain ran a creditable campaign. He did well to win 47% of the vote given the state of the economy, Bush's unpopularity and the unbalanced media coverage. I don't think any of his competitors for the Republican nominsation could have done as well.

You're right of course given all those factors, McCain did run a good campaign, but I think you're wrong when you suggest others wouldn't have done as well. Romney for example. Romney is widely viewed as someone who could handle the economy. He's conservative, and with him coming from Massachusets, with deep roots in Michigan, he could quite possibly carried either or both of those states. And with the concern about the economy, many of those voters would have sided with him as well. The only place he would have had difficulty would have been the south.

No, I think if Mitt Romney had been the nominee, it would have been different. Not necessarily. It would have been tough to overcome the first black nominee regardless. Too many people voted for skin color, rather then policies.
zurcronium at 08:38 PM JST - 6th November

molenir,

If people voted on skin color obama wold have lost. he won white votes, latino votes in huge numbers. That is why gained a landslide victory.

Romney would have lost even more badly that McCain. Everyone knows how much a liar he is, he clearly showed that in the primaries. He lied about attending MLKs march in Washington DC with his Dad for example.

Bush poisoned the election for all repubs. McCain was the only chance the repubs had and it was a long shot. Bush is to be thanked for electing a black liberal senator.
zurcronium at 09:29 PM JST - 6th November

Imperium,

I thought Ruskies were banned from this board.

Putin needs you man, go home and help him destroy his country. The US does not need immigrants who hate democracy.
Sarge at 09:36 PM JST - 6th November

"Bush is to be thanked for electing a black liberal senator"

No, the financial crisis and voters who didn't think clearly are to be blamed for electing a liberal senator. ( skin color is unimportant to me )
Sarge at 09:46 PM JST - 6th November

"a landslide victory"

53% to 47% - Wow, a real landslide!
Molenir at 10:31 PM JST - 6th November

Zurcronium - You are misunderstanding me when I say Obama was elected because people voted on skin color. I don't say that in a derogatory way either. Nor do I mean to say people are racists. They aren't. If anything, the opposite of this is true. What I think happened, in large measure, is that many people who were undecided, and for the most part young, thought to themselves, well, we can put an old white guy in, or we can vote in a young black guy. Lets go with the Black guy! Whites, and blacks, young and old, thought this. Some of my family heard this idea from co-workers and schoolmates. This is what I mean, when I say that Obama got elected by the color of his skin, not despite his being black, but rather because he was black.

You're right though of course that Bush poisoned the electorate. Romney wasn't viewed as a liar though. He was viewed by the Republican base as the best chance to win, and a lot better bet then McCain. Unfortunately the sentiment that causes a lot of lost elections... "Its his turn." Came to play, and so we were stuck with McCain who I never really thought had much of a chance against anyone. Particularly in this political climate.
shimajiro at 10:15 AM JST - 7th November

Romney is widely viewed as someone who could handle the economy. He's conservative, and with him coming from Massachusets, with deep roots in Michigan, he could quite possibly carried either or both of those states.

He certainly would have had more appeal to a segment of the social conservatives - although not necessarily evangelicals like Huckabee who loathe the Mormons - but would he have had as much appeal as McCain to independents and disaffected Democrats. I don't think so. McCain had crossover appeal.

It would have been tough to overcome the first black nominee regardless.

I would agree that there was, if anything, a reverse-Bradley effect going on among whites and that black turn-out was exceptionally high. That said, I think Obama's victory had more to do with the political climate - and Obama's huge spending advantage. Let's not forget that. What proportion of the five percentage points that separated McCain and Obama in the popular vote do you suppose can be attributed to the fact that Obama outspent McCain by 2-1 or more?