Thank you for the comprehensive evaluation of the election, Klaus, but you missed something important. That voter turnout was low does not excuse incumbents for showing poorly, neither should it diminish the one who garnered enough votes to win. Your disdain for the Governor elect (or the democrat loss?) ironically illuminates hope that forces beyond the pall of government can and probably more often make a difference. I guess losing any match to an inferior player encourages introspection. It can be revealing and to me it's always a lesson in leadership.
How things will turn out and whatever or whomever is responsible for the miracles that improve life for all - solar farms, bridges, social security, high speed rail systems, or fracking for that matter - one thing they have in common. It's leadership. It turns out, after all the analysis, people want leaders to do that. Leaders love that "sheepish" human nature and the great ones are willing to sacrifice something of themselves to move us along. And voters select winners often by tiny margins, suggesting that differences in leadership and parties are quite narrow too? Even so, never disrespect the electorate.
Of course those voters make mistakes, too, small and major, but disrespect, no. I tend to be seduced by politicians into the polls, and sometimes in spite of these questionable political affiliations, it really does make a difference. In all cases, the electorate says, this is the better leader. I always say, I know the better candidate in any election - the day he wins! I sometimes predict that after the election, admittedly.
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Allen E Neyman
Rockville, MD
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