Barack Obama Retains US Presidency

Fox News, NBC, and CNN have called the U.S. election for incumbent Barack Obama. Of the so-called 'battleground states,' Obama carried Ohio, Iowa, Wisconsin, and New Hampshire, which, along with all of the solidly Democrat-leaning states, was enough to push him beyond the 270 required for victory. You can check this chart to see the full list of states that have currently been called, and by which news networks. The NY Times has an excellent interactive map showing all election results updated in real time, as does CNN. It's currently projected that the Republicans will retain control of the House of Representatives, and the Democrats will retain control of the Senate.

Comments

Re:Look at who they appoint to the SCOTUS.

[gfxguy]

That's right... I don't HAVE to travel anywhere or cross borders. On the other hand, I do HAVE to pay taxes, and they violate the fourth amendment, IMO, just as much - if not more - when hunting for income to tax. The IRS is brutal and seems to have even fewer obstacles to screwing citizens than Homeland Security does, and with the IRS you're often presumed guilty unless you can prove you're innocent.

Re:Tweedledee won !

[cold fjord]

And both seem to want to increase government surveillance and trade freedom for safety.

Excuse me, sir, since trivial research shows a fairly regular stream of arrests and convictions for terrorism related offenses in the United States, could you point me toward the American political party that would be indifferent to truck bombs going off in American shopping malls, as well as various other sorts of terrorist attacks and activities? You seem to believe that wanting to prevent that is a bug, not a feature, and with a large number of political parties in existence, surely one of them must be indifferent to Americans being killed by terrorists, and unwilling to engage in the surveillance necessary to prevent it, and therefore by your reckoning worthy of being voted into power? Which do you recommend?