The most charitable way of explaining the election results of 2012 is that Americans voted for the status quo – for the incumbent President and for a divided Congress. They must enjoy gridlock, partisanship, incompetence, economic stagnation and avoidance of responsibility. And fewer people voted. As I write, with almost all the votes counted, President Obama has won fewer votes than John McCain won in 2008, and more than ten million off his own 2008 total.
What an excellent piece of writing. I encourage all of you to read and share.
Thanks for finding this, Ryan. I’m going to repost it too.
It was long, but worth the reading. Of course, it contains little to be cheery about.
- Jeff