The Perfect Storn - a Campaign Post-Mortem

All said, Obama won a strong, but still relatively narrow victory in the Presidential Election. He won on the strength of narrow victories in Ohio, Virginia and Florida.

In all McCain was unable to overcome the totality of the following:

• President Bush's unpopularity
• An economic meltdown
• A media in the tank for Obama
• a 6-1 spending advantage by Obama
• One of the worst campaigns in history

McCain might have overcome half or even most of these problems. But he couldn't overcome it all. It was the perfect storm of all these factors that led to Obama's win.

And now, the real work begins for conservatives. The next four years will be tough, but they have to begin now to lay the groundwork for a comeback in 2012.

America is About to Get More Change Than it is Bargaining for

With Ohio going to Obama, it looks that McCain has lost the Presidential Election.

Obama ran as a moderate, but anyone who has paid attention knows this is simply not true.

He is going to raise taxes. He is going to significantly increase government spending. He is going to support the Fairness Doctrine and wipe Conservative Talk Radio off the map. He is going to support Card Check, which will allow unions to "persuade" people to join because there will be no secret ballots to unionize. He is going to pass universal health care which will be become government-run health care before long. He will bankrupt the coal industry and cause energy prices to sky rocket. He will do nothing to slow our importation of foreign oil.

Unless Obama acts completely unlike his record indicates, he will be the next Jimmy Carter. And maybe that is the only silver lining for Republicans. If he is as bad as it looks like he will be, he will serve only one term and also help Republicans regain control of Congress. We're in for a very bumpy ride for the next four years. Hopefully, Obama doesn't do lasting damage to the country before he leaves.