President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden were re-elected Tuesday night, defeating Republican challenger Mitt Romney and his running mate Rep. Paul Ryan.
NBC News called the presidential election for Obama around 11:15 EST. The president sent a message on Twitter at 10:14 saying simply, "This happened because of you. Thank you."
The Obama campaign won the most expensive presidential race ever, with both parties raising about $2.6 billion. The race was filled with negative campaigning on both sides, from President Obama attacking Romney’s business experience with Bain Capital to Romney lambasting Obama’s handling of the economy.
The race tightened during the final months of the campaign, with gaffes and surges from both candidates. After a weak performance after the Republican Convention, Romney surged following Obama’s listless performance after the first presidential debate. Nevertheless, the president cemented a lead in battleground states heading into Tuesday’s election.
Obama won Connecticut, in a race that was called early.
Obama’s performance in Connecticut was not surprising on a night when Democrat Chris Murphy soundly defeated Republican Linda McMahon in a race that analysts had been calling very close.
As for we WERE in debt. You need to get a clue with all the underfunded state pensions out there, we've only just begun our fiscal woes.
'let's be clear" (he he, i love that Obama phraseology) , we's all in this mess together, like it or not, and handing it (the mess) off as if it was theirs to begin with is just totally radical! but, maybe its not such a mess if you look at it from a wealthy scions point of view, they seem to have no qualm's about raking in ever more of what's left of the loose change for their own private pile, they will continue, just as always, we just keep giving it to them. they are too worried they might lose a few million/billion here and there, as if wounded, bleeding to death, on the brink of poverty. pity sakes! imagine that, we should all be worried about them now shouldn't we?? for many, there is no other standard operating procedure other than taking and not giving back.
Then you go about quoting dead white guys? How passe. How gauche.
But most of all, you are right, I don't believe a word of what I've just said and these are all the built-in and ready to go come-backs we will hear for the next 4 years by the collectivists who believe individuals exist to serve their every whim, will and need. These passionate commies believe in nothing but enslaving their fellow man to their idea of utopia whether you like it or not. You see, you can't get everyone to go with their plan, so they must, at some point, use real force, the threat of force, enact force, jail, enslave and then murder as this is where this pattern of impletmenting collectivism always goes, every time it's ever been imposed on a large scale on a large country. Buckle up, the ride is not gonna get any smoother for the foreseeable future.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/inside-politics/2012/apr/30/new-obama-slogan-has-long-ties-marxism-socialism/
Quote from Rachel earlier in this string. @ Guess you spoke to soon Rachel. Eventutally the true colors show themselves.
Congratulations to the Democrats and Young People and some republicans and thank you. If you look at the numbers some republicans did vote for President Obama. It was very encouraging Tues night to see swing state after swing state declared for President Obama and colored blue. Congratulations to the Democrats and Young People and some republicans we all sent a message Tuesday night.
Nope! More Faux News... Read -> http://www.snopes.com/politics/taxes/realestate.asp
First, you have attributed this to Faux News so show me a link or where on "Faux news" this comes from? If you can't, you've just made another unsubstantiated accusation. Second, you AND Snopes are wrong to say that this tax does not exist as there is CLEARLY a 3,8% sales tax on home sales valued at over 250k. The bill can be read here; http://www.healthcare.gov/law/resources/authorities/section/1402-unearned-income-medicare-contribution.pdf . Snopes, as well as yourself (and all other lying collectivists) are not telling the truth when you claim that this is false. Snopes hides behind the fact that it only applies to those families who have higher than 250k joint income (and individuals over 200k). But, this DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE TAX DOESN'T EXIST! It's there, READ THE BILL! http://www.healthcare.gov/law/resources/authorities/section/1402-unearned-income-medicare-contribution.pdf Third, this new ObamaCare tax is the first time the government will apply a 3.8 percent tax on unearned income. Fourth, The tax is scheduled to go into effect on January 1, 2013 and when it does the government will still levy a 2.9 percent Medicare payroll tax on all wages, with half (1.45%) paid by the individual and half by the employer, thus DOUBLE TAXING CITIZENS FOR MEDICARE! http://cnsnews.com/news/article/under-obamacare-medicare-double-taxation-begins-2013 Guy, you and Snopes are full of malarkey and you, I and everyone knows it.
Term limits Campaign reform (time and spending limits on campaigning, over-turning citizens united and getting rid of super pacs) Corporate welfare Tax reform Education reform Rebuilding our infrastructure Taking care of our Veterans Mandatory voting Regulating Wall street Pollution reform Energy independence Jobs with real living wages….. It doesn’t matter what your cause is, just do something and stop pointing fingers at the other guys. Government is supposed to work from the bottom up, not the top down. If enough people stand up and get involved, the politicians will have to take notice and if they don’t, vote them out of office. Find your representatives and demand real change! http://www.usa.gov/Contact/Elected.shtml