Election results Obama has won, now what?

I loved Andy Barrie's comment on the holograms this morning on Metro Morning (CBC radio Toronto). He said that when he saw the reporter beamed into the studio by hologram, he half-expected her to bend down and say, "Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're my only hope." [img]biggrin.gif" border="0[/img] [url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/04/AR200802... article about CNN's magic map.[/url]

[ 05 November 2008: Message edited by: Michelle ]

Well here's a little change that has happened to me since yesterday.

I now can actually watch and listen to GW speak and not twist and turn inside and change the channel. I haven't been able to for quite some time.

He just made a statement, which of course is all rah rah, BS and bunk and hypocritical but it didn't even bug me.

Yeah GW, don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.

Back on topic. Now that Obama won, what will be the consequences?

I predict.

There will be higher taxes, but it will not be the exclusivity of the so called wealthy. Those in the middle will see a hit on the pocket book.

No medi-care.

NAFTA will remain as is.

Iraq war as is.

Economic turmoil as is.

Manufacturing decline.

He is not the messia that everyone is wishing for. The issues and trouble are bigger than what the man can change.

Now what? Guess we start hearing who the 'team' is going to be. First up, old Clinton guy, NAFTA pusher and Dem Rep. Rahm Emanuel as Chief of Staff

[url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1108/15314.html]Obama Plans to name Emmanual as Chief of Staff[/url]

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In his first major move as president-elect, Barack Obama has asked Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.), a tough-minded tactician with West Wing experience, to serve as his White House chief of staff, Democratic sources tell Politico.

Emanuel has said to friends that he wants and will take the job, but it was not a done deal as of early this morning. Obama plans to move swiftly with his transition announcement and could name Emanuel this week, the sources said. He then plans rapid-fire announcements on his economic and national security teams.

If Emanuel — a member of the House Democratic leadership with ambitions to one day to be House speaker — were to turn it down, former Sen. Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) would likely get the nod, the sources said.

Some Democrats have warned that Emanuel’s take-no-prisoners style could hurt Obama. But the president-elect wants to move fast to push his legislative agenda through the Democratic-controlled Congress — and Emanuel knows the Hill and power politics as well as anyone in town.

“Obama wants a bad cop, so he can be good cop 90 percent of the time,” an adviser said.

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Chavez wastes no time. *poke poke*

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n this day of hope for the American people, President Hugo Chбvez, on behalf of the people of Venezuela, congratulates the people of the United States and President-elect Barack Obama for his important victory in an election that has captured the attention of international public opinion.

This historic election of an African American to lead the most powerful country in the world is a sign that the era of change which has taken root in South America could be reaching the doorstep of the United States. From the homeland of Simуn Bolнvar, we are convinced the time has come to establish new relations between our countries and in our region, based on the principles of respect for sovereignty, equality and true cooperation.

From every corner of the world cries have rung out calling for change in international relations and the construction, as the Liberator Simуn Bolнvar would have said, of a world of balance, peace and of human coexistence.

The government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela reaffirms its will and determination to build a constructive bilateral agenda, founded upon the absolute respect of sovereignty, for the well-being of the peoples of Venezuela and the United States.

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My favorite line: "This historic election of an African American to lead the most powerful country in the world is a sign that the era of change which has taken root in South America could be reaching the doorstep of the United States."

Made me giggle. Love or hate the guy Chavez is good at the big political digs like this.

[ 05 November 2008: Message edited by: ElizaQ ]

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Originally posted by remind:
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One can only imagine how how this win will impact FN's in Canada, FN youth had already been identifying with him, and I can hardly wait for the empowerment it will give them and for the day we will have a FN PM.

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If there was representational voting, Fontaine wouldn't be in office, although the upset to Come seems to have increased his effectiveness.

I'd like to see possibly Matthew Coon Come in the PM's chair.

Doubt that's likely to happen though!

And Leonard Pelletier as President [img]biggrin.gif" border="0[/img]

Then it really would be "MY home and NATIVE land"...

Do notice, in celebration, US Imperial forces (no doubt aided by Canadians) murder at least 40 people at an Afghan wedding party. A glorious start to the Obamanation!

Not so curiously, not one Canadian news source even mentions these murders. Another glorious victory for Imperial lapdogs, but hell, the price of gas fell, so who cares, really.

[url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/06/world/asia/06afghan.html?hp]http://www...

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Not so curiously, not one Canadian news source even mentions these murders. Another glorious victory for Imperial lapdogs, but hell, the price of gas fell, so who cares, really.

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My issue of the Globe and Mail carried a quarter-page spread complete with pix of a kid on a bed with IV line in his arm. "They said the bodies of at least 36 women have been identified, and hundreds more men and women have been injured. Local leaders have yet to establish a firm casualty count because many of the victims remain buried beneath the rubble..."

"The bombing wasn't the end of the ordeal, witnesses said. When the air strikes were over, they said, international troops arrives in three sand-coloured armoured vehicles.

"Villagers reported they were intimidated and prvented from leaving to seek medical treatment while the (unidentified in this story) soldiers took pictures."

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And that nasty new U.S.president who did this obviously couldn't wait until he takes office in the new year.

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Originally posted by Noah_Scape:
[b]I see the conservative minded people are still clinging to their FEAR. [/b]

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Some of them seem to fully expect they'll be marched off to mosque at gunpoint the first Friday after the inauguration. [img]rolleyes.gif" border="0[/img]

I predict she will crawl back into a cave in Alaska and never be a player again in the big leagues. She was a bad gamble that lost the election I don't see her ever convincing 50% of American voters that she would make a good President. However if she did manage to win the Republican nomination in 2012 Obama would likely consider it a gift.

[url=http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/11/05/exit-polls-age-v-race/]Exit Polls show Palin was a drag on campaign[/url]

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GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin didn't do well in exit polls. Sixty percent of those polled said the Alaska governor is not qualified to be president, if necessary; 38 percent said she is. That compares with the two-thirds of those polled who said Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden is qualified to be president and the 31 percent who said he isn't.

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Watch and see what happens when Ted Stevens is forced to resign his senate seat and a special election is called to replace him. Spending some time as a U.S. Senator would certainly bolster Palin's resume.

[ 05 November 2008: Message edited by: pogge ]

Yeah i agree, she will be a rock star fund raiser for the theo cons. And, if Stevens wins but is barred from the Senate, the seat would be hers if she wants it. I don't think she will though--she'll get more out of being a movement builder than a senator.

Remind the fundamentalists are still a big part of the Republican party. The Democrats keep taking House and Senate seats but very few of these are in the reddest districts--so the party moves right with every election loss.

Many republicans think they lost because of McCain, and in spite of Palin. He will be alienated, she will not.

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Originally posted by M. Spector:
[b]For me, the most astonishing thing about this election is that 47% of the voters voted for John McCain and Sarah Palin.

After all that's happened in the last 8 years, that has to represent your hard-core, racist, right-wing vote. And that's an awfully big hard-core right-wing element.

The USA is truly fucked up.[/b]

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I'm guessing that the uncovering of election fraud will ultimately show McCain's popular vote less than that.

Pogge I was being sarcastic about McCain winning. Everyone knew BO was going to win.

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Originally posted by remind:
[QB]MSpector, Palast figures something like 10 million formerly registered voters were deprived of their vote, which most certainly changes the figures that you state, which by the way came from where?

There is also millions of provisional and abscentee ballots still floating around out there that have not yet been counted.

Plus wasn't there something like 118 million voters who voted yesterday? That is over 1/3 of the population of the USA which is 299 million. And 31% of the population is not old enough to vote, and about 11% are foreign nationals that cannot vote. So I find your numbers a bit confusing and off.

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I just read that when all of the ballots are finally tallied the number is more likely to be closer to 136 million and potentially the highest number of votes ever but so far the highest in close in 100 years.

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[url=http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/11/popular-vote.html]538[/url]

The final figures are not yet in, but the media are reporting anticipated turnout figures of around 63-64%.

Which is less than 2 out of 3.

I'm not criticizing.

[url=http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=74693&sectionid=351020704]Chavez to Obama: Focus on humanitarianism[/url]

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“Obama should make a swing toward humanitarianism, toward respectful treatment of the rest of the world,” said President Chavez in his first public comments on Obama's US election victory Tuesday.

He stated that the US should begin reforms from inside and it is only then that America could become a great country.

“I wish the new US government would keep abreast of the desires of the world and its own people. The US administration should focus first and foremost on internal US matters,” Chavez said.

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