National Presidential Election contest thread

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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Most agree the country has major issues and we are headed in the wrong direction.

Actually, most agreed that Obama was leading the country in the right direction, and want him to continue

For those that are celebrating tonight realize that almost the exact same situation still exists in Washington as it did yesterday and that the tactics used to win this election will further the demise of the election process and in turn the country in genera

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The billion from 15 large donors, and multiple SuperPacs; lost to the under a billion from hundreds of thousands of small donors, and one SuperPac whose contributors were voluntarily released. That's the good news on the Citizen's United front.

No one should be proud of your country tonight. We re-elected the staus quo. More or less we brought Andy Reid and staff back for 4 more years. Similar results should be expected.

Harry Reid has already agreed to filibuster reform this time. He said he was wrong 2 years ago not to do it. Boeher got rid of his craziest extremists, and now has some who are more willing to compromise. The President knows the GOP won't deal and won't give a shiat. He'll make the offer, and if they refuse, he'll do without them.