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whatever on 06 November 2008
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NightDragon83 said:
Bursche said:
I knew Obama was gonna win. Its all about perception because most voters do not actually look at, or care for that matter, about the candidate's real platform.

The ignorant see Obama as a socialist or even a terrorist, and on the other spectrum, they see McCain as a third Bush term. Obama is seen as change and hope, even if his policies have almost no change in them than the usual democrat.

But its about perception. McCain is the old, Obama the new and there was nothing that couldve stopped that. Just walking around my college I could see that. I bet if you went to the average voter and asked what they knew about their candidate, they wouldnt know anything except what was on their signs. This goes for both sides.

It really is sad when a McCain supporter like myself knows more about Obama's platform than his supporters, but then again its the same the other way around.

Here's to Obama though, I hope to see if he can actually fix the many problems that America has.

 

Heh, you can say that again!

I'm really not worried though... Obama will do well even though I don't agree with most of his policies.  He'll most likely shift towards the center of the political spectrum now that he's in office because although the Dems now have the majority control of the government, they didn't manage to win a 60 seat majority in the Senate which would have basically rendered them fillibuster proof.  So pushing a left-wing agenda right out of the gate is something they're gonna want to avoid, lest then alienate virtually half the country right off the bat.

There's only 2 things that concern me now... how he handles foreign affairs and whether or not he pushes towards more social policies like universal healthcare and the so-called "tax-cuts for 95% of Americans" which is basically redistributing wealth without actually creating new wealth.

It may not create new wealth, but it will help the economy.  People that are wealthy, in this climate, are not likely to spend any extra money you give them right now.  Middle/Lower class people, on the other hand, will spend any tax break they get, thus driving things in a positive direction.