President Obama was re-elected not for one reason, but a variety. Many voters found Gov. Romney's background too narrow to represent them. They viewed Obama's rise as more common to them than the privileged background of his opponent. Romney personified the Wall Street attitude that put the country in recession. With tax rates at generational lows, the claim that lower taxes will cure economic ills was rejected.
Voters were wary of the Republican Party's radical views on abortion, reproductive rights and other personal issues. To many, the GOP has branded itself as the party of fear: fear the gays, the immigrants, the "other."The average civil American is tired of extremist attempts to paint the president in a coat of illegitimacy and, by extension, his supporters. Barack Obama's election opened the presidency, pushing it past the exclusive control of white male postwar baby boomers. His re-election confirms that the defining trait of American progress is inclusion.-- Jeff Horton, Grand PrairieHave more to add? News tip? Tell us
