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cloudboy -> RE: How will the left react, if Obama loses? (11/2/2012 6:37:10 AM)
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One thing that I have learned during the course of this election is that Nate Silver of the NYT 538 blog is considered American's leading poll analyst. Having read quite a few of his blogposts, I can see why. As I write this, Silver has Obama an 81% probability to win next Tuesday, and poor hapless Mittens a mere 19% underdog.
So rather than speculate about the unlikely event of Mittens falling over the line, can I suggest that TH and his fellow Rightwingers sign up for crash courses in grief counselling. As things stand, it looks like all the weeping and gnashing of teeth will be on that side of the political divide.
You know it makes sense
Leftists are more concerned about issues, and rightists are more concerned about identity politics.
Take the deficit as an example. The right wing is upset about it, but if Romney is elected and fails to correct the problem, they will just cease to care about it or become delusional that it doesn't matter anymore. Take the health care mandate. Conservatives were all for this until Obama proposed it.
As for the OP:
If Romney wins, leftists will simply become much more concerned about clean air, clean water, gay rights, over-militarized foreign policy, the re-institution of torture and "water boarding," soaring deficits, a shrinking middle class, and the undo influence of Corporations and Big Money on politics.
Leftists are also worried about a return to GWB style policies that led the nation into two wars, squandered a budget surplus, and ruined the national economy.
Leftists are also curious to see how a man with no seeming core values, other than a burning desire to be President, will lead the country. Will he appoint Supreme Court Justices who repeal Roe v. Wade? Will he appoint John Bolton secretary of state? Or, will he morph into a centrist? How will foreign leaders and countries respond to a shape-shifter?
What fidelity to the public interest and the American people will Romney have in comparison to the Wealthy, Ruling, Establishment elite that wants to enrich itself?
Leftists won't be that unhappy that Obama is voted out because he's really been very conservative during the term of his Presidency and his style of leadership is technocratic pragmatism. Healthcare reform is the one exception.
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