Obama 303 – Romney 206!!!

Dear Commons Community,

For those of us who stayed up last night to watch the election returns, at about 11:15 pm, the networks started predicting that President Barack Obama won re-election.   It appeared to  be over when the state of Ohio with its eighteen electoral votes was projected in Obama’s blue column putting him over the 270 votes needed to be re-elected.   There was literally dancing in the streets of Chicago and New York.   As I write this, the state of Florida remained too close to call.

There were some testy moments for instance when Karl Rove challenged the Fox News projection that Obama had won Ohio and there was literally a disagreement if not an argument among the Fox News hosts on the air as to whether they should be declaring Obama the winner.    Rove’s diversion was enough  for Mitt Romney to take a little while longer than needed to concede defeat which did not happen until about 1:00 am.  The ugliest moment of the evening came courtesy of the “bloviating ignoramus” (George Will’s description) Donald Trump who twitted:

“This election is a total sham and a travesty. We are not a democracy!… More votes equals a loss…revolution!”

It is sad to see poor Donald Trump become the laughing stock of the Republican Party.

Other elections for the US Senate and locally here in New York State ended favorably for the Democrats.  The Republicans will retain a majority in the US House of Representatives thereby guaranteeing the need for compromise by the two parties if the country is going to move forward to solve its problems.

Congratulations, President Obama!

You can read more about the election at:  http://www.dailyfinance.com/2012/11/07/obama-wins-reelection-to-second-term/

and

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/07/us/politics/obama-romney-presidential-election-2012.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20121107

Tony