In the end, it was never close

George Wenschhof

The Republican Party has a lot of regrouping to do in the aftermath of the 2012 General Election.

The pollsters were right in their predictions, and with Florida likely going for President Obama after all the votes are counted, Obama will win the popular vote and the electoral vote with 332 and Mitt Romney only winning 206.

The Senate will remain a Democratic majority with Democrats holding 52 seats and Republicans holding 45.  Two Independents are expected to caucus with the Democrats.

Democrats picked up a half dozen House seats to now hold 198 seats, with Republicans maintaining their majority with 237 seats.

The Hispanic/Latino, African American and Women vote went overwhelmingly to President Obama, further illustrating the problem the Republican Party has in appealing to voters in America today.

An interesting factoid overheard in the din last night as numbers were coming in and being tabulated is Mitt Romney won 61% of the White vote.  A number also received by former Republican President George H. W. Bush, who won with that percentage twenty four years ago.

In addition to being out of touch with present day demographics in the nation, Republicans will need to reassess what their message is and what it is they stand for.

Perhaps, Republican leaders will realize the stale old refrain of less tax and less government, without any specifics, is no longer connecting with the majority of voters.

Along with the politics of fear on the deficit and foreign policy, Republicans are painfully out of touch.

The reason President Obama won reelection is because Americans want to continue to move forward together with a feeling of hope, not fear.

Si, se puede.

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Obama Weekly Address 7-25-2009

George Wenschhof

Today, President Barack Obama continues to discuss health care reform. He goes over the impact of reform on small business and asks you for your questions. You can watch his address by clicking on the picture below.

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Frederick Co. MD "Up and Coming" Young Democrats

Spencer Knoll Bio

President Obama's friendly interactions with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez during the Summit of the Americas are a welcome change from the policies of the George W. Bush administration. But, the criticism that has arisen from those interactions are not wholly without merit. It is important that the President consider his position in relation to that of Venezuela's President and act accordingly.

Chavez has spent several years in the global public's eye lambasting not just President Obama's predecessor but America as a nation. It would be foolish, then, to assume that he just happens to like Barack Obama and will now fall in line. No, he expects something from America.

Granted, I do believe that what he wants more than anything is respect, and we should be more than willing to show him that. We should be willing to have normal relations and mutual respect with any country willing to extend to us that same courtesy. But, we cannot allow leaders like Hugo Chavez to dictate the terms of a relationship with America. While that may not actually happen, appearances matter. Photos of a smiling President Obama shaking hands with President Chavez and patting him on the back give the wrong impression to the rest of the world.

CNN's senior political analyst David Gergen said it best when he commented that the President may want to "shake hands, [but] hold the smiles." We should treat Venezuela's President with respect and diplomatic courtesy, but given his track record, it is not time to elevate him to our level on the global stage.

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