And another thing...

Regarding the vaunted "youth turnout," horse---t! Not only were the numbers of voters almost identical to 2004, but the youth didn't vote in any higher appreciable numbers.

sure, people were disgusted with President Bush and 80% think the country was going in the wrong direction (as do I), but until Sept 15, when the stock market crashed, McCain/Palin were well on their way to winning this thing. Carville was right way back in 1992, "it's the economy, stupid."

I know the paleo-cons and the Lew Rockwell types like to castigate Bush, but where were they when he tried to reform Social Security, the biggest entitlement enchilada of all? Sitting on their hands just like everybody else. Now that the Dems are going to come gunning for their 401Ks, I wonder if they'll give Obama a pass, as long as he pulls out of Iraq and treats with Iran. Somehow I kind of doubt it.

As much as I'd like to admit that culture and values are significant to the well-ordering of a society (and they are), people vote their pocketbooks. It doesn't matter if Bush was another Caligula, if the stock market had been in the 12,000 range, it would have been Johnny Mac in the White House. Period, end of story. And guess what? If Obama comes to the center and the stock market rises appreciably, he'll win reelection. It's just that I think he's a hostage to the extreme Left and he'll do their bidding.