Oh No

[badolpuddytat]

4 more years of www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2NUf8gcVa0&feature=fvst  See everyone THOUGHT he was going to lose!!! :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(

[pezz97]

I kept hearing it was going to be a landslide.... but the other way.

I also heard Mitt was going to win the popular vote by 7 points! I want that person playing in the same pools as me when I am betting horses...

How about both sides come together the next 4 years, work together for the better good of all the people. What a f**king concept that would be!!!!

[The Skipper]

I kept hearing it was going to be a landslide.... but the other way.

I also heard Mitt was going to win the popular vote by 7 points! I want that person playing in the same pools as me when I am betting horses...

How about both sides come together the next 4 years, work together for the better good of all the people. What a f**king concept that would be!!!!

[Jeremy]

we need a national vote for gay marriage and abortion.  Once those two issues are settled it will be easier for people to come together.

[pezz97]

we need a national vote for gay marriage and abortion.  Once those two issues are settled it will be easier for people to come together.

What we really need is to get rid of the electoral college. You wanna see voter turn out? How about we have the president of the united states be determined by the popular vote like every other election. Don't think it would of mattered in this election, but in 2000, it would of

[Jeremy]

What we really need is to get rid of the electoral college. You wanna see voter turn out? How about we have the president of the united states be determined by the popular vote like every other election. Don't think it would of mattered in this election, but in 2000, it would of

blame the founding fathers for that one.

It would be hard to get rid of because some of the smaller states would oppose.

If they don't make it by popular vote they could at least have it go by the districts for the House of Representatives, with the person winning the state popular vote getting a bonus 2 for the other votes.

[Dolfan]

What we really need is to get rid of the electoral college. You wanna see voter turn out? How about we have the president of the united states be determined by the popular vote like every other election. Don't think it would of mattered in this election, but in 2000, it would of

Absolutely totally agree.

And this garbage of an "Election Day" needs to be changed too.  In FL the waiting has been 3+ hours in most polling venues for 10 days for early voting & again today.  Luckily for me, I live in a small district - virtually no wait.  But the long lines were because we had about 8 total BS amendments, long & winded that everyone was seeing for the 1st time.

For Presidential Elections we need a popular vote with just the names of the candidates, pick one & leave.  Have the elections for Senate, House, amendments another day.

[careless hal]

How about both sides come together the next 4 years, work together for the better good of all the people. What a f**king concept that would be!!!!

We can only hope Obama tries to actually reach across the aisle and work with Republicans.  He sure didn't do that the first 4 years and the my way or the highway system just doesn't work.

I figure his re-election will cost me at least $200,000.  Medicare expenses will double, those plans are already in place.  The alternative  minimum tax may well cut in and affect millions of middle income tax payers.  General tax rates will increase for just about everyone. Stock futures are already lower and who knows how bad it will get.  The real shame is our kids and grandkids will be doomed to a lower standard of living, much lower I'm afraid. This is a good time to be an illegal.

[The Giss]

We have a huge problem when 60-65% turnout is considered good. We need to make Election Day a National holiday, or stretch it over four days, Saturday-Tuesday (full hours all locations). As a friend pointed out to me- I know a guy who was in Iraq. He saw people stepping over dead bodies to vote. Waiting in line isn't that big of a deal.

[NIATROSS]

plain and simple we need term limits on every political office in the land
the president should be elected for 1 six yr term and every senator and congressman to 1 eight yr term
they would have no choice but to try and work together

[Just Saying]

I would stand in line all day to vote. I don't like early voting, or multiple voting days. I've always lived in IL where tons of people (dead or alive) vote early and often. People in other countries will walk for days and risk being killed just to exercize their right to vote. We need to grow a pair and quit whining.

[Jeremy]

I would stand in line all day to vote. I don't like early voting, or multiple voting days. I've always lived in IL where tons of people (dead or alive) vote early and often. People in other countries will walk for days and risk being killed just to exercize their right to vote. We need to grow a pair and quit whining.

The right the vote was handed to us, people don't appreciate what they don't work for.

[Dolfan]

I would stand in line all day to vote. I don't like early voting, or multiple voting days. I've always lived in IL where tons of people (dead or alive) vote early and often. People in other countries will walk for days and risk being killed just to exercize their right to vote. We need to grow a pair and quit whining.

Not all of us have that luxury.  Businesses to run, family members to care for and some of us (with flat feet & back pain) cannot stand in line all day.

It is 2012 - if done with just a little common sense we shouldn't have to wait all day. 

Anyway, IMO too many ignorants vote.  You should have to correctly answer 3 current events questions just to earn the right to vote.  I resent the fact that my niece who thinks Canada is one of our states, gets as many votes as I do.  Or you do.

[Lockjaw]

  ...I resent the fact that my niece who thinks Canada is one of our states, gets as many votes as I do.  Or you do.

It's not what they haven't learned in school that scares me.  It's what they are being taught by "teachers" who chose the teaching profession because they want to save the world every ten seconds.

[Dolfan]

It's not what they haven't learned in school that scares me.  It's what they are being taught by "teachers" who chose the teaching profession because they want to save the world every ten seconds.

My niece went through the same system as my daughter.  My daughter was a high school debate champion and is at a 4 year university & my niece is an out-of-work hair dresser, trying to conjure up a way to collect disability at age 26.  There were no teachers teaching that Canada was a state. 

My niece is a moron.  But her vote counts as much as yours or mine - that's the problem!