Some Thoughts

Now for some commentary...

It's amazing to watch the right wing collapse from the results.  The only people in the world who thought Romney would win were Fox News viewers.  To them the race wouldn't even be close.  All their pundits, including Rove, Dick Morris and all the other nutjobs, predicted huge Romney returns.  Their entire premise was the polls were skewed and that Romney would outperform every single poll in the nation.  This just wasn't their hope.  It was their reality.  There's no better culmination of their false reality crashing down than the complete meltdown on Fox News by George Bush's architect seconds after their network called it for Obama.  It was a train wreck for them and they know it.

However, in the bitter wake of defeat, the GOP-- led by Fox News-- will only double-down their craziness.   I take that back.  They will triple-down their craziness.  They doubled-down after losing in 2008.  This newest defeat will send those who went over the edge of reason four years ago into the dark chambers of historical parody.

For them it is a wake up call; but not the one you may think.  They didn't lose because they live in an alternative universe that bares little resemblance to reality.  No they believe they lost because they just weren't conservative enough.  Romney, the man who invented Obamacare, did not encompass their core values.  He was a flawed candidate who simply made it as far as he did because he's extremely wealthy.  Republicans will still believe we are a center-right nation.  That we are more conservative than progressive. In only a few minutes we will hear how this huge reelection victory for President Obama is actually a victory for conservatism.  Their world will change none.  In fact, they will become even crazier.  I think there will be less of them as is natural after losing.  But those who remain in the Republican Fantasy World will be the true Mad Hatters of the 21st century.

** In case you haven't noticed, my map was dead on.  I picked every state correctly.  As I type this Obama is up 50.4% to 48% in the popular vote too.  I put him at 51.2%.  He'll get there, trust me.  There are still hundreds of thousands of votes left to count [actually about 10 million still to count].   Why would anyone ever doubt The Fold Blog?

** Probably something I haven't mentioned in a while is the fate of Obamacare.  Last nigh'ts huge win seals it forever.  Just like Medicare, people will grow to love it and it will become one of the most popular government programs.  Turning the economy around was huge as well.  But Obamacare will be his legacy.