I thought I would give my post election winners and losers:
Winners
1. Obama - He ran a great campaign with very little mistakes. All he has to do know is live up to the lofty expectations that are set for him.
2. Howard Dean - His decision to expand the Democrat party into traditional Republican states was ridiculed but it laid the groundwork for Obama's victories in places like N. Carolina and Indiana.
3. African Americans - They should take great pride in Obama. His election provides hope that anything is possible for them.
4. Young voters - I admit I was skeptical that they would really show up at the polls and vote. But they did come out in force and future campaigns will now court them more vigorously.
5. Bobby Jindal - If McCain had won, Palin would have been the leading candidate in 2012. Now with her less than stellar performance, Jindal emerges as the future star of the party.
6. Liberals - Unlike when Clinton won office, Obama ran as a center left candidate and he has a huge majority in congress to pass his agenda. It will be interesting to see if they overplay their hand but as of right now liberals are in great shape.
Losers
1. George Bush - Obviously he was the main player in this election, maybe even more so than Obama, and the voters rejected him enthusiastically.
2. Joe Lieberman - He went out on a limb for his friend McCain. It was a decent thing to do but it definitely cost him with his Democrat colleagues.
3. Talk Radio - They first tried to get a conservative nominated in the primary and failed. then they shifted gears and tried to smear Obama which didn't work either. Their influence is waning.
4. Hillary Clinton - She missed her once chance to be President and with it her chance to be the first woman to break the glass ceiling. I bet she still wonders how she lost the nomination to a one term senator with no experience.
5. Sarah Palin - By being thrust into the spotlight without the proper preparation she lost her chance to make a good first impression. To run in 2012 she will definitely have to remake her image with a lot of voters.
6. Race hustlers - Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton and the like just lost their power grip on the black community. Black youth can honestly say "who needs them to succeed?". Hopefully, we are truly becoming a post racial country.
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Short-term winners: Gun manufactures, gunshops.
Long-term loosers: moderate Republicans. Bi-partiasnship. If we learn anything Senator McCain's Benidict Arnold's impersonation with the Republican party that the other side of the isle only sees bi-partianship as little more than a useful idiot to get what they want.
Granted, McCain never really gave a real reason to vote for him. The closest he got was choosing Sarah...at least for those of us that aren't close-to-the-fort-politicians.
Long term winner:
Putin, now officially on the way to being President for life in Russia. Here comes a second cold war or Russian dominance. Notice that speech Medvedev gave last week was cancelled three times to ensure Foriegn Policy did not become the main focus again like last summer.
Long term Loser: To many to list here, but I think it is the middle class. Dems are already talking about taxing 401ks, one of the reasons the market fell so much this week, doubling and tripling capital gains taxes, reason two for the market, and card check. If Card Check is passed 16 million jobs will be lost within two years. California is on the verge of 10% sales tax and fees on ammusement parks, golf, and alcohol.
Liberals on both sides of the aisle got us into this mess with all this spending, and now they are going to do more, anybody have extra cardboard?
cj
I'm disappointed that Palin may have lost her chance before she even really had one. Hopefully she won't give up or listen to pundits and be back someday.
Nice summary of the election.
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