Gay rights cannot be stopped. The changing demographics cannot be stopped. And, from what we've seen so far, the GOP cannot change.

Plus Obama has changed the ground game and his expertise will continue to be a guiding factor after his term ends, I would bet.

I am very optimistic about 2016.

................more people voted for the Democrat in 2000. And almost certainly in 2004 too. It's been a long time since we've seen a Republican blow his opponent out of the water. I think that's a trend. The pendulum always swings back and forth, but I really think the swing toward the Democrats is more of a trend. The population is changing. Most young people are liberal, and the old conservative people are doing what old people do: dying off. Plus there is the ever-increasing "minority" population that the Republicans are determined to alienate.

It was the shitty economy and long-dragged out Iran hostage crisis.

In most years, a shitty economy is enough to do in any President. The incredibly bad policies of the Republican party were the only thing that kept them from winning in 2012. Privatize Medicare, privatize Social Security, cut taxes for the rich, cut aid for the poor. Those are their policies. And as the Ryan budget shows, they have no intention of changing them. If they keep running that same tired shit out there every election, Democrats will keep winning.

Bad policies are not an 'only' factor in an election. The GOP has imploded and is continuing to do so.

to keep the hostages and make Carter look bad, then you can say that Saint Ronnie made a difference.

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I will never believe he won, he cheated.
Cheating is the only way any of these resent republicans won, that is the pattern.
Hopefully we are on to them and it won't happen again.