Election Post Mortem

The Obama campaign was able to convince quite a few people that they were voting against a 3rd Bush term. I thought that unfair to McCain, but he never did much to combat it.

I thought McCain had a chance several weeks ago, when a coworker
(under 35) who had voted Dem the last two cycles was voting for McCain
because of deep seated reservations over Obama. I thought maybe there
were a lot more like him flying under the radar but perhaps he was the
exception rather then the rule.

As has been mentioned in other media, Obama was able to position
himself as a blank slate (he was able to successfully extricate

himself from virtually every political influence he ever had, (again,McCain never pushed that issue, except for a throw-away line about Ayers in the last debate)and he was different things to
different people. To some he is a savior that will throw manna from
heaven, to others a chance to move on from race problems.

Palin was not a deadweight for McCain. We will never know just how
bad it could have gotten for him had she not been on the ticket.

Obama did not win as a liberal. He was Clinton-esce in his ability to
project moderation when his record shows him to be a farleft liberal.
More thoughts specifically on Virginia and the Valley later.