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Politics : The Obama - Clinton Disaster -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (152)	11/5/2008 7:49:51 AM
From: clutterer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 103300

he's already being labeled as the biggest deficit spender in history....

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (152)	11/5/2008 10:51:22 AM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 103300

I just expect voter remorse to settle in soon enough... Those that will be inclined to quickly see the Obama presidency as a negative, won't have voter remorse for the most part because they didn't vote for him. Which isn't to say that some Obama voters won't have voter remorse but it will take a bit of time. And then some of them won't have remorse no matter what happens or no matter what he does. If Obama does it, they'll think its the right thing to do.

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (152)	11/5/2008 7:36:15 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 103300

Senior Citizen Politics: Senior Citizens Were Only Age Group to Support Sen. McCain for President seniorjournal.com Nov. 5, 2008 – Data from exit polling in yesterday’s presidential election reveals that senior citizens – Americans age 65 and older – were the only age group to support the losing candidate, Sen. John McCann. And, it was by a sizable margin – 53% for McCain and only 45% for the winner, Sen. Barack Obama. It’s not easy to understand but it was clearly indicated in the polling that lead up to the election. The Gallup Poll projected seniors were evenly split between the two candidates on October 26 – 45% each. Then suddenly, just two days before the election, McCain took a commanding lead in the Gallup Poll – 47% to just 42% for Obama. Then, too, just before the election, the Pew Research Center released a study of political party preference that found the Democratic Part has made big gains since 2004. There was, however, one notable exception - “Only among voters age 65 and older has the percentage of voters identifying with the Democratic Party decreased slightly -- from 49% in 2004 to 47% now.” The Pew analysis said, “This slight decline reflects the passing of members of the New Deal Generation -- who leaned overwhelmingly Democratic but who are mostly in their 90s now. In addition, voters who came of age politically in the Eisenhower administration, and are now in their late 60s, are closely divided in their party affiliation.” But, the answer to why the seniors back McCain is probably more complicated than that.... ...Again, Obama’s stand on moral issues seems to be closer to the seniors. He is strong on family values, and opposes gay marriage. John McCain was married with children when he began an affair with his current wife – not exactly the type of family life seniors would endorse. Maybe it was the age issue – or the reverse of the age issue. While some voters may have been concerned about McCain’s age, 72, senior citizens may have seen it differently. Just as millions of black voters rallied to support their fellow African-American, maybe seniors rallied in support of their fellow senior citizen. There does not appear to be a clear answer.