No Landslide
Barack Obama's victory last night was no doubt historic, and the Democrats, as expected, extended their leads in the House and the Senate. But their victory was no landslide, despite what appeared to be overwhelming advantages.
Obama won around 52 percent of the popular vote, defeating John McCain by between five and six points. That's nothing like the true landslides of the past: Reagan by ten points in 1980 and 18 in 1984; Nixon by 23 in 1972; ...
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McCain did as well as he did because there was effective lying, racism, and disinformation used extensively throughout the campaign. I would like to see a survey of McCain/Palin voters to evaluate how many of them drank the dark Kool-Aid and believed any of the assorted lies. Muslim? Arab? Socialist? Terrorist sympathizer? Tax raiser? Too black? Anti-jew? If the truth were widely known, this should have been a 40% blowout landslide. Negative advertizing works. That it did not work sufficiently in this case is a great credit to the character of Obama.