Ten Reasons Why Obama Won and Romney Lost

The finger pointing has begun.

Everyone seems to have an opinion as to why President Obama won a second term.  Similarly, those same opinions also apply to why Mitt Romney lost.

Here are my thoughts as to why the election turned out as it did:

1.  Obama’s superior political organization — Even those who are opposed to Obama will concede his extraordinary talents as a campaigner.  Just as important was his well-oiled political organization which micro-managed another victory.  Obama may very well have run the two most effective campaigns in American history — (If there’s still any doubt, think of the odds going into 2008 that a Black man with the name “Barack Hussein Obama” would be elected on a national level).  Obama won states and regions he needed to win to get re-elected, which is a testament to a phenomenal strategy and organization.

2.  Romney’s “47 percent” comment — All elections have key moments that become tipping points.  Not only the revelation but the actual existence of a video showing Romney speaking candidly to wealthy donors and dismissing nearly half the U.S. population was an albatross that proved to be impossible to shake.

3.  Romney’s perceived opposition to women’s equality — Look at the numbers.  They don’t lie.  President Obama won over women by nearly ten points over Romney — a staggering statistic.  Sure, Romney carried male voters — but by a much smaller margin..  No doubt, Romney’s waffling on the “equal pay for equal work” cost him some votes, combined with some very conservative ideas on women’s issues that undoubtedly turned off many (mostly) younger women.

The Terrible Tragedy of Tonight’s Presidential Debate

In a proverbial sense, Rome is burning to the ground.  And, while much of our national economy lay in ashes and the American Dream smolders in flames, all anyone seems to be talking about is the opera.

Are You Better Off Now Than You Were Four Years Ago?

That question was posed to me in an email I received this morning from some conservative political group.

It’s a simple question.

Channeling then-candidate Ronald Reagan’s devastating quip from the 1980 Presidential Debates, 11 simple words which effectively ended Jimmy Carter’s political career, has pretty much become the It’s a Wonderful Life of every election cycle.  The cozy campaign chestnut is replayed and parroted so frequently (usually by the challenger) that just as soon as the first couple of words are pronounced, a hundred million listeners can complete the sentence on their own.  It’s almost like Name that Tune.

Hey, I can name that tune in three notes.  All Mitt Romney has to do is cue up the intro, “Are you better…….?”

We all know the rest.

The question is effective because it’s thought provoking.

So, let me give you an answer.

Yes.