Post Election Commentary: Winners and Losers

Some of us don't see the 2012 election as being so much for Obama but rather so much against Romney. I voted for a 3rd (or 4th or 5th) party candidate because I do not live in a battle ground state (which is about to change soon...yay!). But this election wasn't a rubber-stamp of approval for Obama's schizophrenic policies, most of which he campaigned against in 2008. It was a complete rejection of whatever Mitt Romney threw against the wall and hoped would stick which seemed to change on a daily basis. The man stood for one thing and one thing only: He really wanted to be president. His reasons are every bit as suspect as the policies he championed one day and reversed his opinion on the next. Mitt Romney stood for "Mitt Romney for President." And the electorate, for once, saw right through him.- The Republicans underestimated that visible aspect of an obviously pandering campaign. What doesn't change is the fact that the two major parties are not ruled by conscience or ideology, but something more sinister and dangerous: corporate money. So, we are not out of the woods yet...-jef