Obama Looks Like the Winner Tuesday

Polls released yesterday show President Obama with a lead in both Florida and Ohio. If they hold up, he'll win reelection Tuesday. However, it's going to be close.

Perhaps the bigger issue facing the Republicans is that they likely won't take control of the Senate.

In any event, that's why we have elections --- to determine who will govern the next several years. And that said, it's the will of a self governing We the People that decides elections in the end.

This one is a cliffhanger. But whoever wins, America is clearly a "centrist" society, and that's the way we'll be governed, too.

Obama Holds Lead in Florida and Ohio Polls has the story:

"President Barack Obama holds an edge over Mitt Romney in Florida and Ohio, the two largest battlegrounds in determining who will win the White House on Tuesday, new polls show.

The Wall Street Journal/NBC News/Marist Poll surveys of likely voters released Friday show Mr. Obama maintaining a foothold little changed from four weeks ago, when the Journal surveyed voters in both states just after Mr. Romney's strong debate performance in Denver.

The surveys found the two battling neck-and-neck in Florida, with Mr. Obama drawing 49% support among likely voters to Mr. Romney's 47%.

Mr. Obama held a firmer lead in Ohio—51% to 45%, unchanged from mid-October—where the relatively more buoyant economy and the federal bailout of the auto industry appear to have solidified his support among a wide swath of voters.

In both states, Mr. Obama got high marks from all sides for his management of recovery efforts after the storm Sandy hit the East Coast. That tracks an array of polls taken in the past week suggesting that Mr. Romney's rise may have flattened out just before Sandy landed, an event that sucked national attention away from the campaign trail. In the Florida and Ohio polls, even a majority of Republican voters approved of Mr. Obama's handling of the storm's aftermath."

SUMMING UP

It's always tough to beat an incumbent. This time is proving no different.

Besides, neither candidate is particularly attractive to voters generally.

Thus, it seems like a very narrow majority, or perhaps even a minority, of voters will vote in favor of the status quo.

In fact, Romney may win the general election while losing the electoral college vote and his run for the presidency.

Let's hope we get some good things done for We the People these next several years.

It's time for the all the nonsense and extreme partisan bickering and general silliness to stop.

Thanks. Bob.