National Presidential Election contest thread

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Originally Posted by richard

Huge downer with his speech. The most powerful man in the world comes out , after hours of time, with his kids and wife. Where's the leadership? This is high school stuff. It was a troubling response to winning the election. Something is not right with this. The international community was totally ignored. Not befitting of the president.

Are you serious? What an odd thing to say.

First: Romney refused to concede for an hour after Ohio didn't even matter any more. That added to the 45 minutes where it was clear the President won but not all of Ohio was in. There's your delay

Every single president elected in our lifetimes comes out the night they win with their wife, kids and relatives. Kennedy did, Nixon did, Bush did, Carter did, Reagan did, Clinton did, Bush II did ...

The international community is deliberately ignored in an election win speech, because it's pure politics on this night. There is no place for discussing international dealings in the winning speech. Not the place.

That said, Obama's speech was outstanding, and universally praised by everyone. You are free to have your own opinion, obviously, but wow.