http://dagblog.com/link/how-obama-won-re-election-nation-shifting-right-15391 Comments for "How Obama Won Re-election (while voting shifted right)" en http://dagblog.com/comment/169708#comment-169708 <a id="comment-169708"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/how-obama-won-re-election-nation-shifting-right-15391">How Obama Won Re-election (while voting shifted right)</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/08/us/politics/a-divided-nation-keeps-the-status-quo.html?hp">News Analysis: Debate Over Size of Federal Government Left Unresolved</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/08/us/politics/a-divided-nation-keeps-the-status-quo.html?hp">Obama Wins a Clear Victory, but Balance of Power Is Unchanged in Washington</a></p> <p>By Peter Baker,<em> New York Times</em>, 32 minutes ago<br /><br /> Home page lede:<em> After $4 billion, two dozen presidential primary days, four general election debates and more TV ads than anyone could watch, the two parties essentially fought to a standstill.</em></p> </blockquote> </div></div></div> Wed, 07 Nov 2012 18:02:00 +0000 artappraiser comment 169708 at http://dagblog.com http://dagblog.com/comment/169694#comment-169694 <a id="comment-169694"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/how-obama-won-re-election-nation-shifting-right-15391">How Obama Won Re-election (while voting shifted right)</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><em>NYTimes</em> warning for progressives: <em>no mandate for moving left except maybe on immigration? Obama as you know him now, or even more rightward, gets a nod</em>.</p> <p>Look at this change in the white vote since 2008--if it's racism, it has to be that some adopted the racism since 2008:</p> <p><img alt="" height="302" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/images/newsgraphics/2012/1107-howhewon/white-voters.png" width="539" /></p> <p>The way I see the message of their analysis is that if he tries to move left, there will be a lot more obstructionism, and he'll also be "rewarded" with more Republicans in Congress in 2014. Unless the Obama team can find a way and the money to repeat this voting pattern for November 2014, something I seriously doubt they would do.</p> </div></div></div> Wed, 07 Nov 2012 16:32:03 +0000 artappraiser comment 169694 at http://dagblog.com