I would like to know whyall of the white people that did not vote for obama are acting like it is the end of the world? At my job no one will talk to us or even look us in the face. I am from the all red state by the way. Everyone I have talked to has said they are getting treated the same way at their workplace. Why are they mad at us we are not the majority.

I would like to know whyall of the white people that did not vote for obama are acting like it is the end of the world? At my job no one will talk to us or even look us in the face. I am from the all red state. Everyone I have talk to has said they are getting treated the same way at their workplace. Why are they mad at us we are not the majority.

I love this!!! Of course it was the same as 2004!!! A lot of Americans wanted a change from the stuffy suits wanting STATUS instead of serving the PEOPLE!! At least this election didn't require a biased recount!! LOL!!!

Get used to it GOP, we ain't turning back for a long, long time!

The voter turn out was just a tat more than 2004. So what's all the big deal about voter turnout…..the difference, the democrats were the overwhelming voters, and last time it was the republicans. Next time they might all vote Independent…

democrat LANDSLIDE, america has spoken.

In Ga. I think someone cheated. Obama won this state. So many voted for him early and still on Friday they still counting the votes.WHAT'S WITH THAT?

most hardcore republicans had no need to vote.

Many Republicans voted Democrat
Joe Lieberman was the only dope to run to the losing team
Since african-americans only make up 12% of the population, being 13% of the electorate is quite an achievement!
DrFill

reggie November 7th, 2008 7:26 pm ET

If McCain was able to get out the vote, he would have won. He had the better message and the most experience. However, He did NOT have the big money and media in his corner. Tough obstacles to overcome. Plus, white people didn't vote for McCain simply because he was white….unlike the record number of black people who blindly followed Obama because of his skin color. AND DON'T CALL ME RACIST, THEY ARE THE ONES BEING RACIST.

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What exact message did McCain bring? The bashing and the hate? I barely heard what he stood for. I mean no disrespect to him, but come on. And as far as the black vote, the black vote was not the deciding factor. Not one single group of voters gave Obama the victory, it was the fact that he was able to reach every group with his message.

Richard A. Spomer November 7th, 2008 8:24 pm ET

How many voted on a visa from another country, how many frauds gillnet votes was not identified, and how many ware illegal votes not caught?

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Um, what?

Sure enough … in some Alaska precincts turnout exceeded 100%!!!!

It is called the "OBAMA EFFECT".

I find it hysterical that people are blaming the media for the outcome. Sure, after two consecutive Republican terms which were obvious disasters, the only reason the Dems won is a liberal media that won't give the Republicans a break.

I thought that conservatives were about personal responsibility. How about taking the responsibility for Republican failures, like McCain's campaign?

It is called the "OBAMA EFFECT". That is how i call President-Elect Obama's landslide victory.

I think it's unbelievable that people blame the media for McCain losing and in their list of biased media they don't name Fox News. Fox News is a conservative biased station. Why do we always have to blame someone else when things don't turn out the way we wanted it? If I commit a crime and someone reports me, is it the fault of the person that reported me?

Truth Hurts

Your kidding, right?

If not ,you were not on this planet for its last 365 orbits

Shari, NY November 7th, 2008 5:37 pm ET
Oh, it does not matter now! My candidate won and I am a proud mutt. United we stand – divided we fall!
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Shari — do you have ANY idea how to connect two thought processes? Did you even graduate high school?

I love the Mutt remark as well…. as a mutt myself… I understand completely! Cherokee, Choctaw, Apache, Dutch, Scotch-Irish, Welsh, German Jew…. and that is just the ones I know about so far….
probably African American because most people do not understand the scope of slavery issues…

if you are a 3rd generation American, you have over a 97% chance of having European, African, and American Indian ancestry whether you know it or like it or not! So says those who have studied genetics!

Yeah we won!!!!!!

Truth hurts, rehab is good for the soul; you stinking rotten Neo-Con.

Barack Obama won because the man is knock down intelligent! He was the man with the plan. Not the Bozo on the attack with lies and deception! I was stunned at the viciousness that was excused all over the press as normal run of the mill politics! If that is politics as usual, you should be able to see that We, the People, are SICK of it!

That is a large part of what led us to Obama! Republicans have been giving us a dose of stupidy for 8 years…. is it any wonder that People have wised up and voted it OUT?

As a young Black woman, I was taught by my parents that people had died for my voting rights. It took a constitutional amendment for women to be recognized in 1920. Since I have been 18, I have voted in every election. People always say they love this country, but fail to participate in its election process. Actions speak louder than words.

How many voted on a visa from another country, how many frauds gillnet votes was not identified, and how many ware illegal votes not caught?

It doesn't surprise me that Republicans stayed home rather than vote for the McCain-Palin ticket. I don't know how anyone with a brain could have voted for Palin, the woman with "sentences to nowhere." She was so obviously and painfully ill-equipped for the job of vice president and I'm sure people in Alaska are ashamed of having voted for her for governor when she is so obviously a mental lightweight.

After McCain selected Palin who was so woefully inadequate thinking he would win women voters (as if having a womb is a qualification for political office), it was quite painful to watch the Republicans feeling forced to defend her when they all knew she was not qualified.

Some were tried and true party loyalists to a fault in public like Peggy Noonan who should have been fired by the Wall Street Journal when she wrote what proved to be a false, albeit glowing article in the WSJ about Palin only to say what she really thought that same evening when she thought she was off mike. Others like Christopher Hitchens and David Brooks could not in good conscience support McCain's anti-intellectual choice for VP.

I am glad McCain-Palin lost. They are/were not good for America. Their entire "platform" was to paint Barack Obama as the scary Black guy, who is "not like us." Code for "he is Black." Fortunately for America their tactic of appealing to the insidious racism that is always just beneath the surface did not win them the election.

It was my fervent prayer that when people went into the privacy of the voting booth they would vote for the best qualified candidate and that is just what happened. For once, racism did not win and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s dream was realized. For once, a man was judged not by the color of his skin but by the content of his character. For that…we can all rejoice!

How was the voter turnout in the extra seven states obama thinks we have? Is that where he got his record turnout? It wasn't in the 50 states that we do have.

This is an important lesson for all of us. Elections matter. We can make a difference. We should never be afraid of our government; our government should be afraid of us.

Dear President-Elect Obama,

Though I’m not a Blue Dog (you’ll be meeting with enough of them come January), I am a pound puppy, a pretty pooch, a poi dog extraordinaire.

Now I don’t usually brag, but when they turned on the television at the Hawaii Island Humane Society so we could all watch your victory speech, my ears sure perked up when I heard your promise to your daughters….. that they’d get a puppy to bring with them to the White House. What a paw-some thing to say!

Well I’m cute as they come I tell you. Sure, I’m a poi dog, but you grew up in Hawaii so you know that poi dogs make devoted pets and we come in all shapes, sizes and colors. …and we come in non-allergenic models too!

Among the hundreds of dogs to choose from, how amazingly special would it be for the White House to have a POI dog? Gosh, you’d have a lot of explaining to do when people ask what kind of dog I am, but you’d never have to explain yourself to the millions of people who are looking to you to do the right thing.

We understand each other, you and I. You’ve already announced that your family would rescue a dog. I know you have a big heart. So maybe when you’re in Hawaii in December, you could come by and visit me?

I’ll be the one who looks, well, like I’d do really well in Washington D.C. I’ll be the one who jumps on to Malia or Sasha’s lap. You’ll know I’m the right one. I won’t be perfect; I’ll be a Poi Dog.

A Hui Hou (until we meet).
With Aloha,

Makana
(My name means “gift”)

Joe Lieberman should be removed from all chairmanships. If he really is a man of principal, as he claims to be, his votes will not be affected, but if he’s just looking out for himself, its no loss and we wont’ have to watch our backside anymore.

I have been amazed by the number of die-in-the wool republicans who have told me afterwards THEY voted Obama–a Bradley effect in reverse! It seems that many moderate, traditional, thinking, Republicans, voted for Obama (like Colin Powell, ect) while their more extreme–and vocal–counterparts held the party line. How's THAT for a silent majority (or minority, I guess)? At any event, it answers the question where all those 'undecideds' went.
Obama's victory is our victory and will likely elevate the conduct of US politics for the foreseeable future.

It concerns me that people are comparing him to JFK and expecting so much of him very fast. That's a huge ideal that's impossible for anybody to live up to. Even JFK wasn't JFK!!!

I am not buying the fact that Republicans did not vote this year. Someone please add up the number of Republicans voted in 2000 or 2004. I am quite sure it this year outnumbered the past elections. GOP had steal enough votes just to keep up with Obama. Half the votes McCain got more than likely beong to Obama. McCain knows he had a poorly ran campaign this year. Hopefully, that many people didn't realistically support what he was talking about. If McCain ran his campaign based on his last speech. The numbers may have been that high because his last speech appeared to be sincere.

And yet…. the lines were horrific.

Our system is so broken. People shouldn't have to stand in 8 or 10 hour lines.

If, I could have 'voted' twice for Senator Barack Obama and Senator Joe Biden.., I would have. Mike in Montana

Hey DevOne, "people of intelligance"? Do you mean, perhaps, people like you who don't know how to form a proper sentence?

Hey CanIcallyouJoe, your reference to historic Nazi Germany displays you complete ignorance of history.

Honestly, people like you who try to raise yourself by demeaning others make me laugh. Thanks for the entertainment.

For all you idiots out here who thinks Obama is going to ruin this country, without even giving the guy a change, you should be shame of yourselfs . Here we have Bush and Chaney for 8yrs and they have run this country in the gutter, high gas prices, banks collapse, invasions of another country, spending 10 billion dollars a month in Iraq, mortgage collapse, jobs being lost at a record pace, businesses shutting down. Need I remind you fools when Bush stole the election back in 2000, we had a surplus of 5trillion dollars and now we have a negative -10 trillion dollars and you idiots are worried about Obama, PLEASE GIVE ME A BREAK !!!!!!!!

Why the heck is my comment still in Moderation when there's lots of posts time-stamped after mine that is just trash talk? Is it because I said I was a Republican? I guess that must be it. Nice job at Fair and Balanced CNN, you just proved my point about Media involvement. Too bad I can't get http://www.foxnews.com at work or I'd be there instead of here.

To 'Truth Hurts';

Your moniker says it all, you are feeling a lot of pain right now, I imagine.

The Republican "Suppress the Vote" machine was blown up by Obama counter-battery fire.

The Republican "Smear Hate and Lies" machine self-destructed.

The "Respectable McCain Campaign" was strangled in its crib.

The "Straight Talk Express" went through the guard rails and plummeted into the abyss.

The RNC organization collapsed because it had a foundation built on sand and the economic tide came in.

That's the truth for you, I'm sorry it hurts you so, next time pick a more rational and reasonable belief system.

40 vs 32. and still the Republicans say it is a center right country??

Good, as long as they refuse to accept reality, we will keep winning eleictions by voting straight Dem tickets!

hey where be the article about Obama being improper at his first press conference ripping on Nancy Reagan? I thought spouses were off limits?

It is true to say that to each his own President Elect Obama
won on his Intelligance on his morals his demena
THE ISUES and by people of intelligance

Our country rose to the occasion and done good!!!!!
I love Obama's comment about the puppy – a mutt like me!!!!! Awesome!

If McCain was able to get out the vote, he would have won. He had the better message and the most experience. However, He did NOT have the big money and media in his corner. Tough obstacles to overcome. Plus, white people didn't vote for McCain simply because he was white….unlike the record number of black people who blindly followed Obama because of his skin color. AND DON'T CALL ME RACIST, THEY ARE THE ONES BEING RACIST.

Now that's what I call rallying the base. Obama is the man!

Whatever. It worked, though, didn't it?

I always thought AMERICA was about HONOR and DIGNITY not a FREE ride.

I'm a teenager who was totally for Obama this year, but no one can start making predictions now as to whether the youth vote will still be for Obama in 2012. Many of the people I go to school with probably couldn't imagine voting for a Republican in 2012, but it all depends on how Obama acts and governs during his first term. Most liberals aren't led blindly, so if Obama makes some serious mistakes 2012 could go either way. At the time being the only thing us lefties can do is hope that our new Senate and House supports our new president, that Obama sticks to the promises he made and the positions he held, and that by 2012 we are out of our intimidating economic crisis.

The Bradley effect is a myth. Low voter turnout and a small airplane landing on a major freeway right before rush hour in Los Angeles on election day cost Bradley the election. There was no Bradley effect.

Notice Rasmussen and CNN Polls got it right.

Dems have a candidate that they love, that's why the huge turnout!

Go Dems!

Ha..ha…ha and the grumbling continues. The negativity and name calling is getting a little sickening. I don't think that the republican party can be blamed for all the hatred as a party, but rather by those that had no other platform from which to spew this mindset. Most of the nation is tired of the bigotry exemplified during this past election season. To hate someone for no reason other than that they do not look like you is slowly showing others just how ugly things HAD gotten and now it's time to try to heal this attitude so we can focus our efforts on truly educating the children, who are our future, so that we can again compete with the rest of the world especially in the technologies. I think that together, we, the United States of America, are about to see some of our best years globally.

I know two Republicans who said they would abstain rather than vote for a ticket with Palin on it. They both liked John McCain.

The silent majority wins again.

Uh huh:

You might be right about what will happen, but he didn't win for the reasons you state. He won because the last guy's lies caught up to him.

Rob Johnson – you are right. My sons are teenagers and they are 100% for Obama. They will have the opportunity to vote to re-elect him.

I think everyone should stop trying to be seers and soothsayers about what will happen and concentrate on what is happening. You don't know Obama will ruin this country, and you don't know that he'll save it either. That's humanity: you make choices from the facts available, and then you toss the dice. No one knows who will roll what. All the bitterness gets you nowhere, makes you look foolish, and just shows the immaturity people in the country still have.

If you were really the disciplined adults you claim to be, you just end the hating in the first place and go home and teach your children tolerance and respect, so they don't end up brain dead and bitter like some adults nowadays. Period.

CNN, if you can post "Truth Hurts" and all his drivel, and you can post people who think that African-Americans are beneath them, then you can show some decency and post this. PLEASE.

Truth Hurts…well you must be pain-free. You're in such denial about the "republican machine" that I can only guess you're high or the orderlies will come any minute now and take you back to your room.

I wish people would be positive. That's half the problem. So much negativity. Let's stand behind Obama. We may all be better off. We have become so hard instead of being a team and helping each other. He is for the working family who struggles each day. The difference between things most of us can not afford and "J Crew" that we all know.

Could this be evidence to the claim that neo-republicans are ignorant and belligerent nationalists?

Think about it. Bush turns the US into the shadow of Nazi Germany, complete with false flag attacks and his version of "The Enabling Act". So after eight years, Dems have to come out in record numbers to finally put the threat to rest, and Twenty-One( When Missouri's count comes in, it will show McCain for sure, so really 22) states still vote for a man who's only difference on anything that matters to the people is minuscule!!

So yes, I think this is clear evidence that more Republicans happen to be morons than their Democrat opposites.

Uh huh,

Sadly, I had minority friends who did not vote for Obama because of his race. I also had white friends who did not vote for Obama because of his race. The race factor played out for a lot of people, not just African Americans.

The turn out is not good enough until it is 100%. As for his press remarks today I just hope the media will now get it right he is america's first bi-racial president not the first "black president" as so many including cnn keeps saying. Mr. President-Elect Obama I hope you do find a shelter dog that fits your needs.

The Republican ticket was a losing one. Is it no wonder more Republicans didn't turn out to vote for a ticket they knew would lose? It's really a no-brainer.

Truth Hurts, the backlash just seen was against 8 years of abuse of power and extremely bad economic and foreign policy under Bush. I think the majority of Americans know that resolving the mess of 8 years under Bush cannot be done in 1 4-year term. And it will really take non-partisan cooperation to make any progress at all. Don't you think it's about time to put aside all the rhetoric and give the people's President elect a chance?

I'm a Republican and I voted already knowing that McCain wasn't going to win. I did my civic duty because it was my right. The Media had already chosen who was going to win months ago and continued reporting everything they could so Obama would win. How many times did the Media report on Negative things about Obama compared to McCain? FOX News was the ONLY network to have FAIR AND BALANCED coverage. They had a total of 19% Negative for BOTH parties. Unlike MSNBC with a 73% Negative towards McCain and a whopping 17% for Obama. Now sure where the other 10% got to, but it probably went to Sarah.

Take into effect the problems with ACORN and a record number of Newly registered Democrats… 10 million new registers. Without them or the Media, the Election could have been different. It doesn't matter now anyway. In 4 years the Media better not choose who will be President like they did this time.

"THIS STUDY SHOWS A RECORD NUMBER OF DEMS VOTED FOR PRESIDENT, BUT DOES NOT SAY IF THEY ONLY VOTED FOR PRESIDENT, AND LEFT THE REST OF THE BALLOT BLANK. DID THEY?"

No. For example, In California, a lot of them voted for an amendment to the state Constitution to ban gay marriage.

I think what pushed Democrats to the polls this year was 8 years of a failing economy. Also, Barack Obama is a charismatic young man. More people, myself included, were drawn to the message of hope from a man who cares.
We had enough of dumb. We wanted a smart and methodical man in the white house.

This points to the fact that he Dems still have so much ground to make up.

I've got to believe that given how much better Obama was a candidate and how much better he executed his campaign, the Dems should have KILLED the GOP in the popular vote count. I hope by 2012 American's get over their racial hang ups.

Howerver, if the GOP had turned out it's religious fanatics, this would have been a closer race. I find that mind boggling.

Democratic leadership

It’s time to consolidate the party’s appeal to “real America”. By this, I don’t mean a geographic area (like Ms. Palin or Mr. McCain). Rather I mean Americans that are …

Ethnically diverse … Americans of latino, white, asian, black descent. Take more of the map in 2012 by expanding the coalition. America isn’t going to be only a “white” country.

Fiscally conservative … as measured by a balanced budget … NOT simply TAX CUTS as was the reflective refrain from the Republicans during this and every past election.

Moral & supportive of churchgoing citizens … demonstrate where the Democrats are good and decent and promote right vs wrong … fair vs unfair …. This doesn’t mean mindless charity.

Promote intelligence. Show tangible improvement in public school student performance and interest in education … math …. Science … the arts …

Focus on Congressional accountability. In your own way, embrace McCain’s anger, “I will make them famous, you will know their names!”

Take this a step further though and create a routine way to convey to each congressional district whether their representative was part of the problem or part of the solution and throughout President Obama’s term, communicate this within their ENTIRE state.

Bolster or kill that representative’s chances for Governor, Senator or other statewide advancement.

It's interesting that Obama said in his acceptance speech that people lined up in record numbers in order to vote for change. (In other words, in order to vote for him) He only got 52% of the vote, so it seems about half those people were lined up to vote against him.

It's also interesting how when a Republican gets 51% of the vote, (Bush, 2004) the media mourns that the nation is divided, but when a Democrat gets 52% of the vote (Obama, 2008) he has a mandate.

It is your right to vote so you have to exercise it fully without any fear.I am glad this time around the right candidate won.Look for the big landslide win of Obama in 2012 if things goes his way as expected.I can't wait for GOp see GOP dumb Sarah Palinas again i 2012 and face once more again the biggest landslide victory of her only life time to Obama.

Let us get to business in helping get this country to it foot one more time people.

obama was president before anyone voted for him
it was fixed from the get go

Truth Hurts
"The republican machine was kept in the garage this election."

Awww. Did it crap out or did they run out of gas? (Probably both!)

uh Huh
"… nobody but african americans voted by race. "

No they didn't vot by race. They are smart. They knew to vote for the BEST and what America most needed. Believe it or not, some smart people of other races did too. MILLIONS more than voted for the RNC's crapped-out Jalopy.

Yay America!!!

Peace everyone. TIme for all of us to get off our duffs and get our country fixed.

I think the old adage "you reap what you sow" applies here. Republicans felt beaten because the overall tone of the McCain/Palin campaign was negative. Negativity, such as we saw during this campaign, wears on people, even if the negativity is coming from their side. It inspires nothing, but leads to feelings of insecurity, discomfort, anxiety, and depression.

Wow….then why all of the lines and why all of the problems. I've never seen so many people vote.

Truth Hurts huh? How wonderfully fitting and ironic all at once seeing as how when confronted with the truth Republicans tend to do one of a couple of things:

(a) ignore it

(b) pretend it doesn't exist or

(c) fabricate a bunch of stuff and claim that it is the truth instead.

So yeah, I'll take your word for it. You'd certainly know how much truth hurts, as evidenced by your avoidance behaviors and seeing as how the truth just annihilated your party last Tuesday.

Janice, you apparently fail to see the irony in Obama being able to declare he will end a war by a certain date a full year before he is elected, before he even met with the commanders on the ground, yet can't say when he will finish his cabinet picks. I'm not asking FOR the picks, just a date. It's not that hard. I would have hoped for the same 'deliberate haste' in deciding how to end a war.

Too bad you can't direct some of your chastising comments to fellow Obama supporters who continue to bash McCain on these blogs. Your guy won, and McCain lost. McCain was gracious in defeat. Obama claims he wants to bring people together, yet his supporters seem intent on continuing to drive people apart by ripping at the wounds to keep them open. The same happened when Hillary lost. I know you've seen the comments. McCain has sacrificed more for his country than Obama or most Americans ever will. He deserves more respect than many bloggers have given him. I don't wish Obama poorly, as I am an American first and Republican second. If he doesn't do well, America doesn't do well, and I want my country to do well. I expect that Obama will deliver on his promises, but I don't think he can. Not all my blogs about Obama are negative. Just yesterday I blogged that his choice of Chief of staff was a good one, even though many Reps were criticizing it. Obama has promised a lot. Expectations are in the statusphere. He needs to deliver. It's really HIS turn to put up or shut up. We're waiting.

Give me a break. On ballots, it doesn't say if you are a democrat or republican, how in the hell do they know. This is ridiculous – Obama won by a landslide and that is that. It was a record turn out – give history it's credit. I refuse to believe that people were registered voters and didn't vote in the most historical election – probably ever!

yeah for CNN

Truth Hurts:

And I guess if the Republicans DON'T win, we'll have to put up with 8 years of whining from you, instead of four

America elected the educated ticket.

Thank god they can name the NAFTA signatory countries, and know that Africa is a continent, not a country.

The republican ticket was woefully inadequate, and the American people refused to choose mediocracy to lead this country in crisis.

@ Truth Hurts

Can I have some of what you're on? Tim Leary would be proud. Seriously. Republicans not going to the polls was a result of disgust with their own party and an unwillingness to vote for the other guy. No more, no less. I understand denial is the first step, but eventually you will have to mourn the death of some of the Republican Party's core ideals, so you can move on to acceptance. Many in your party already seem to be doing just that and it is going to be necessasry if you want to save it.

I predict that as the years go by, the number of people claiming they voted in this historic election will go up and up, far eclipsing the number who actually voted on Nov. 4.

As long as Obama won, it matters not

All those yay-hoos out there that failed to vote, guess what: by failing to exercise your right to vote, you also lost your privilege to complain.

McCain could be the guy standing in front of the sign that says "Office of the President Elect" (boy, if that isn't arrogance – as if we didn't know who the guy behind the podium is), but the conservatives decided that they would let others do their heavy lifting.

Oh well, we'll see in four years if another trillion in deficit spending, threats to your 401Ks and IRAs, and at least two efforts to amend the Constitution can't get people off their duffs.

This is no surprise to me – as the republican party seems to have lost what it stands for – A party, and an administration, cannot continue to say it is for fiscal responsibility while at the same time spending more in contemporary times, than at any other in history. A party cannot continue to say it is for less government intervention, and then get involved in such social issues as abortion, gay rights, gay marriage and stem cell research. Government cannot continue to police morality and govern according the religious doctrine of a select few and not expect to offend others.

As demographic trends continue to favor the Democrats in the years to come, look for this gap to widen.

Think about it: Everyone in the USA who is currently between the ages of 14 and 17 will be voting for the first time in 2012. Who do you think they will vote for? I'll give you a hint, his first name is Barack.

Not to mention the growing slice of the demographic pie occupied by Hispanic voters, who went heavily Democratic this year, and the growing interest in politics among African Americans, who clearly went overwhelmingly for Obama.

Last but not least, give Obama the unparalleled PR resources of the office of the Presidency, and watch the results. With his charisma, speaking ability and youthful good looks, in 4 years he will have people ready to elect him Emperor For Life, or even World Overlord.

Any Republican who didn't like this year's results better get ready for an even worse defeat in 2012, especially if they are actually foolish enough to nominate Sarah Palin.

If this article is true…..and lately I have trouble believing the media.

However, let's pretend it's true….then the Republicans have only themselves for losing…..had they turned out to vote. …..McCain would have won.

That's a shame. So why is it that Republicans felt defeated before they ever went to the polls? Maybe we could ask MSNBC, CBS, CNN, NBC, the newspapers in this nation and so on. Maybe it was because nearly everyone was saying nothing good about McCain while touting Obama as the next savior and quoting the most misguided polls they could find. Ya think? I'm really glad to see that, contrary to what Obama kept telling people about how everyone was going to play the race card (of course, he ended up being the only one who did), nobody but african americans voted by race. Good for all of us. Now the hard part – if he follows through on what he promised, the nation could go belly up. If he doesn't – all those people who voted for him based on his "promises" are going to be legitimately upset. Sooner or later, every liar's lies catch up to them.

Truth Hurts:

Gees give it a freaking rest today. All that negativity is not good for the soul.

I don't know what would make the rest of the registered folks get up off their butts. They are the portion of the country who feel their "vote won't count or make a difference."

As was evidenced in a number of razor close races this election cycle nothing could be further from the truth.

I got a few folks to register and vote by simply telling them they have no right to complain if they did not vote.

The best and brightest dogs I have had been Mutts, so I am proud and happy that you are our President-Elect……..the best and the brightest!!!!!.I have high hopes for America!!!! Congratulations!!!!!

GOP – RIP

Excited because of Obama

That's because the republicans weren't very enthusiastic about getting out and voting… With their ticket, who can blame them?

I would really like to see the differences between new voters of 2008 and 2004.

..or rather it paid off in the ELECTION of a great President! While he isn't in office yet, I wish he was, but I am glad he has this time to put together an awesome transition team!

And that high Dem turnout paid off with a great President, thank goodness!

The republican machine was kept in the garage this election. The backlash against the OBama Street Fighting Political Machine, and the Rotten Congress starring Harry Reid and Nancy Puglosi will ensure that the Republicans will win by default next time.

THIS STUDY SHOWS A RECORD NUMBER OF DEMS VOTED FOR PRESIDENT, BUT DOES NOT SAY IF THEY ONLY VOTED FOR PRESIDENT, AND LEFT THE REST OF THE BALLOT BLANK. DID THEY?

The republicans didn't come out to vote because they knew their candidate was a sure loser.

Of course Democrats turned out in record numbers after looking at our 401K returns and looking at the debt piled on by the republicans we all knew we needed change.

The lack of republican turnout and the bad stock market is why the democrats managed to barely win.

Truth Hurts.

Record turn out or not, this was by far the most memorable election I have ever voted in. When I was eligible to vote in 2000, neither of the candidates attracted attention the way McCain and Obama did. Same goes for 2004. Both candidates earned such loyalty and respect from their supporters to an unbelievable level.

Interesting…

Oh, it does not matter now! My candidate won and I am a proud mutt. United we stand – divided we fall!

Once upon a time, my political science teacher told us that it's good to have apathy voters. Since they dont care about politics, we dont have crazy riots like other countries.

It is not important whether there was a record turnout. It was nice to see so many people wait in line for 4-10 hours to cast their vote. It was good to see democracy.