-----Original Message----- From: brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com [mailto:brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com] On Behalf Of ALBERTO VIEIRA FERREIRA MONTEIRO Sent: Friday, November 09, 2012 3:17 AM To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion Subject: Obama II
So... What about Obama's reelection? >Here in Brazil, we had the impression that the Republicans "chose" the worst possible candidate, >someone they put there to lose. Or maybe the Democrats voted in the Republican primaries to make him >win. We have a primary system in the US. Right now, the extreme right wing of the Repubican party can force candidates far to the right. Good Republican candidates stayed on the sideline this year, leaving Romney and the 7 right wing dwarfs. >Did anyone over there ever think that Mitt Romney had _any_ chance? I did, especially after the first debate. No American president has been re-elected with more than 7.2% unemployment since FDR, and he brought employment way down. This has been probably the most painful ecconomic period (in terms of changes) since WWII. That's a strong headwind. When Obama sleptwalked through the first debate, and Romney was ahead in the national polls, I thought it was a toss up. Especially after the UN speech which totally misidentified the cause of the deaths in Lybia after the administration had intelligence that pointed to terrorism, not a crowd gone wild. But, Romney blew the 2nd and 3rd debate, Obama...for the first time in the campaign, acted as though he wanted to be reelected, and Sandy cemented in the American mind the positive roll the Federal government can play. By election Eve, Gautam and I were arguing about the margin. He was spot on, I though Romney would take VA, CO, and FL. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
