Why did Obama win the election?. We give you part of the answer in this post.

By way of  a reminder,  hurricane Sandy hit the New York/New Jersey coast on October 29/30.  It caused 70 billion dollars in damages and killed 125 people.  

Fox News reports that Obama addressed the nation from FEMA headquarters in Washington on Nov. 3, promising to cut red tape and bring the full force of FEMA to hard-hit residents.

"What I told the governors and the mayors is what I've been saying to my team since the start of this event, and that is we don't have any patience for bureaucracy, we don't have any patience for red tape, and we want to make sure that we are figuring out a way to get to yes, as opposed to no, when it comes to these problems," Obama said.

Three days later,  after appearing more “presidential” than at any time in his first four years,  he won the national election for his second term. 

15% of those surveyed in exit polling,  on November 6th, said that his appearance at the scene of the disaster,  his buddy hug  from the fat governor of New Jersey,  his willingness to be on the ground,  walking and talking with those who were in the wake of the storm,  was a primary influence in their vote for his second term.  

In addition to this last minute gifted from Mother Nature,  more than 25 % of those voting for Obama,  were on welfare,  receiving monies other than Medicare and Social Security.   You are looking at 10 million new food stamp recipients [during his first term],  millions more receiving extended unemployment benefits,  and the “give me” generation of unionized private and public sector members,  all joining forces with Obama to advance an undeniable socialist agenda.  In a recent Gallup poll,  53% of Democrat voters see great value in socialism.  Rasmussen's survey shows 45% of Democrats favor Socialism.  Whatever the reality,  I see the growth of Socialism and the decline of Constitutional values and procedures,  within this country,  as those values that have brought this great nation to its knees.   

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Sidebar:  not all is lost.  Consider Ramsussen's conclusion: 

Among non-Democrats, however, attitudes towards socialism are very different. Republicans and Independents are overwhelmingly opposed to socialism, and as Rasmussen has concluded, just 24 percent of all Americans have a favourable opinion of socialism, with 67 percent holding an unfavorable view of a socialist economic system. According to Rasmussen, 68 percent of Americans hold a favourable view of “capitalism,” and 76 percent have a positive view of the “free enterprise system.” This chimes with a January Rasmussen poll, which found that 70 percent of Americans “think a free market economy is better than one managed by the government.” A separate Rasmussen poll released on Tuesday also revealed a deep-seated suspicion of the federal government among a clear majority of Americans, with 63 percent offering a negative view.                  __________________

While Bush 43 did incredible harm to the private sector economy,  Obama is the first presidential candidate to deliberately tap into the feeding trough and ask for their votes.  In many respects, Bush 43 was no less “big government” than  Obama.  The difference is found in the fact that Obama sees no value in fiscal restraint as he seeks to grow social dependency on the Federal Government.  The difference is found in the fact that Obama has no regard for private sector partnerships and people of faith.   The difference is found in Obama’s arrogant disregard for civility and bi-partisanship.  

Understand that since [at least] 1998,  Obama has had it in his head “ . . .  to build a majority coalition of dependence on the state.  [see the Obama video at Rush Limbaugh.com].

Point of post:  you can expect all future elections to center around issues of centralized dependency and fiscal irresponsibility.  The hope of winning elections,  for conservatives,  lies in the latter of the two considerations.  Centralized planners are not responsible fiscal types,  and,  from time to time,  this comes back to haunt them.  With all the talk of the "fiscal cliff,"  we may be at that point, now,  despite the recent election results.  

Text:  Fox News/ Midknight Review.