Tea Party(ies) candidates did better than big government GOPers.
But, in general, I think demographics have doomed federalism and limited federal government ideas. The only thing left is collapse..., and then re-birth.
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Depends on who's polls though.
A lot of "conservatives" had this one in the bag - especially toward the end.
I got caught up in it a little, but at the end of the day (before the voting began) I dismissed what I considered unreliable predictions and considered Obama the likely winner.
It all goes back to the old mainstay - people will latch on to what they want to believe, not what is likely or credible.