Obama is going to lose!

Not a chance, thankfully most of the people in this country have seen what a country club fraud Willard really is.

No those that voted for Obama were tired of the lies. Flip flopping is only good when cooking pancakes or an offensive lineman. He lost not only the electoral vote but the popular vote, the party is in trouble. The time is here for all to meet in the middle and work in a united way. The government as a whole needs to step up and do what's right for this country. Personally I'd like to close our doors and rely on each other. Bring the jobs home and keep the money here, take care of our own! Get out of these wars and out of everyone else's business. You can't have less government when we're always sticking our nose into other countries business, let them take care of themselves!

Walt has it correct.

Mark your calendars for 3 years, 360 days. We will see how your president changes this country, he said "we need more time" well he now he has it. In four years he won't be able to blame Bush but he will find blame elsewhere I'm sure.
Remember this, that gas is $3.70 a gallon nationally (gas was $1.80 in 2008), unemployment is 8 percent, our debt is 16 trillon, we have no measureable inflation, construction is virtually stopped, ask the trades. Keep all this mind in 2016.
Obama is a community activist, he not a business man with knowledge of budgets, he never ran a company let alone a country, he has bowed down to nations, given away our dignity as a nation and handed out money like he can print it, OH that's right he can!!!!!!
He did one measurable thing in the presidency, nationalized healthcare and that is only going to help the ones who are too lazy to help themselves.
In the next 4 minus years he going to finish his job, bring us deeper in debt, liberalize the supreme court with 3 new justices that will allow the supreme court in the future overturn any bill that a republican lead admitistration will try to pass.
Inflation will be at a all time high, gas, food and energy will be skyrocketing.
The quality of the medical care we current have will fall to the levels of Canada.
AND finally Walt Himes you will have 14 million new citizens in your country he will legalize all the ilegal immigrants.
Try and find a job then.
RIP - USA
Terry G Germany

Let see where we are in 2016. History is now in the hands of Obama.
I hope for my children and your children I'm wrong. Dead wrong and in 4 years rub this in my face.
Laura look at the big picture or have your drank too much kool-aid!
Good day no further comments.
Terry

Your country, your President, you can always move Terry. Did you bother to help the Romn's out?

I'm not thrilled about the across the board legalization of immigrants either but I also am not the sole owner of the USA. Heathcare is one thing I know too much about. We lost our care when my deceased wife was battling breast cancer so I know what it's like to drain your entire life savings to save a loved one. I have no care because I'm deaf in one ear. The insurance companies are a big scam made to make huge profits, that's why they don't want universal they won't be able to line their pockets.

Close the borders, bring the jobs home, stop playing big brother and dump the tax-dodgers in the countries that their money supports. That would include both parties! And for the love of God please take the "Donald" with you, his comb over is messing with his brain.

The descent continues. This country hasn't been united since September 11, 2001, and then only for a few days. I get so tired of the tribal wrangling over whose side is better, whose side will save the day, whose side represents "the people". It makes it so easy to demonize those other people who don't think as we do. "You have to be crazy to think a fetus is a person." Or, "You have to be a moron to allow health care reform." "They" are stupid, or "they" are the problem, or "they" are trying to take my money. If you offer and opinion you are a racist, or an obstructionist, or greedy, or out of touch with reality. And our little lives go on, the puppeteers in Washington and Springfield providing us with momentary illusions of being in control, all the while knowing they have the real power.It's why they're there. If they feel threatened, they will lie about the opposition, change the district boundaries, or lean on the courts. They do not even need to fear arrest, unless it is so outrageous that not even the judges can let them off.

We have the illusion of freedom. We own nothing that they cannot take from us. You do not own your home, you rent it from the government. Try not paying your taxes on the home you "own" and see how long you still live there. Some will say it is the price we pay for democracy. What kind of democracy allow the possibility for a person to become president without earning the popular majority? What kind of democracy pays senators and congressmen salaries and benefits far beyond the reach of the people they purport to represent? What kind of democracy allows hundreds of millions of dollars to be spent on political campaigns every 2 years for politicians to retain their power, while they lament the conditions of the poor? What kind of democracy permits Madigan to remain in power for decades over those who did not elect him?

I am not an anarchist. I am a liberal AND a conservative, a republican AND a democrat. I am a patriot, and I love my fellow Americans. Regardless of their party affiliation or sexual orientation or social status or race or religious belief or non-belief. I simply do not trust our overlords.

I believe the GOP made some obvious errors during this election,and some not so obvious errors.The "establishment" GOP leadership has still refused to accept a major factor in the loss of the 2012 election.That factor is the number of moderate GOP members that refused to accept the GOP candidate(s).There is still no indication that GOP leaders even acknowledge this factor after the loss.This supports the claim that many GOP members are unhappy with the archaic strategies and policies that the GOP leadership continues to aggressively, and without compromise,force upon its members.While their beliefs may be acceptable to the fanatics and swallowed by the "sheep",the middle moderates simply did not buy it and showed their disatisfaction by voting for the other guy.Whenever a party refuses to accept the input of the moderate and semi liberal members,that party alienates a large voting block.
This election was won on facebook,twitter,Patch and YouTube,not by Super Pacs and TV blitzes.It was won on Stewart and Colbert's shows,not on O'Reilly and Wallace's.Scare tactics and lies did not work.The GOP did not evolve in policies nor in acceptance and use of the power of social media and satire.The old days of "Go ahead, lie,scare the hell out of them...they won't find out until the election is over!"have gone away,and the GOP simply did not accept it.ROAR (Republicans Outraged About Romney) and other GOP groups' concerns were ignored by the GOP establishment...and Obama won.

This is all just one big boring argument, that accomplishes nothing. It is "We, the People", not "We (except for you underprivileged ones over there), the People".
RESPECT your President. RESPECT your country. RESPECT each other. Quit complaining and work together to solve the problems we are facing.

first few comments;
I will respect the president when he the president respects the office he holds and the Constitution!

There is a huge difference between access to medical care and forced taxing the citizens to pay for your medical care!
I for one have my own family to pay for, I surely do not need to be "forced by law" to provide for yours. that is my problem with this healthcare LAW folks.
that said we most definitely do have an " moral obligation"...careful now, read this again; I said a moral obligation, NOT A FORCED LAW.. to provide for our nations: sick, mentally & physically ill, downtrodden, aged, widows an orphans.
the CBO own estimate, over 60% of all combined social programs are abused.

we need to fix things, unless we all agree to at least that principle to really honestly "fix" things, than we are doomed to a horrific fiscal fate.

Chris, the difference is that those are traditional infrastructure governmental responsibilities, health care is already covered under medicare/medicaid. Overhaul that if there is a problem with the system. Don't hide and obfuscate what is really going on here, which is there isn't enough money to pay for existing programs, so a new tax was created! Let's call it what it really is, OK? And as a program it's terrible. Too expensive, and no one understands it or it's ramifications.

The Sherman Act has never been applied to Health Care Insurers in the US. That means that price fixing is not controlled... So how do we get around the problem of no control over the costs? Well, normally free market pricing would ensure competitive pricing, but that is not the case here...the game is, and always has been, rigged against the consumer. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is designed to force insurers to compete against a lower priced, equal quality product. This SHOULD lower premiums across the board. However, unless a National Health Care System with some real teeth comes along, this ACA, while having merit, will still be little more than a starting point for an evolution of social morality and restructuring of programs to help the eldery, the infirmed, and the disadvantaged.

Yes, i have formed my idea that you are an idiot.

I saw donnie trump driving a caddy... is he one of these non hard workers you speak of?
I think your parents should be in investigated if they are here legally. I mean after all, you did lump all immigrants into one large lazy cheating bubble...
Golly, it muat be hard being you... working so much, busting your ass, getting that top education and only being able to afford a beat up toyota...

Everyone is so fired up today! There must be a game tonight!!!!

No, I think many feel Romney has a chance.

Mrs. Goodfellas, don't waste your time trying to be rationalize with any of them, for one Laura is to far superior to come down to our level of discussion.
Laura you crack me up all day long you jump from blog to blog bantering.
I had to turn off my notifications from the Patch! Don't you have a life, are you a frustrated middle aged spinster or are you on company time posting your senseless jibber jabber...hope the boss doesn't find out!!! .. Because I know you don't own a business when would you have time to take care of the day operation when your on the blogs all day...
Grab a glass of fine wine and read a book might help with those hot flashes.

Well, well, well can anyone say BIGOT! Unless you're of Native American( yes I' am) descent Mrs Good fella, Vera, PLC, you're here because of immigration. Aint that something.

Latinos, African Americans, Chinese etc.. are a nationality or race. Mormons are a religion and unless they're wearing their magic under wear on their heads or have "Mormon" tattooed on their face it's not going to be obvious. Unless...

Got to give them credit for voting their "guy" in. Can't say that about the Romns. Poor guy couldn't get the gang together and get out the vote. All that money ( not here of course) and he still couldn't buy his way into the white house. He loss to a bunch of Blacks, Latinos, Aliens, Big Bird and don't forget the " we have a voice and we'll use it, WOMEN" Un-flipping believable! These people that God created actually have a brain, the white man just learned something! NO WAY!!!

This Heinz 57 man has 3 jobs because the Mormon walks the earth and his God is money. At the 2 part-time jobs I'm the only "white guy" there. I asked my boss why that is and guess what, the white guys felt the job was beneath them so they're the ones on public assistance right now and cashing in on food stamps. Your white collar white man won't sling hash, it's beneath them. I'm doing what I have to in-order to keep the roof over my kids heads and food on the table.

Hey white guy, call the Romns and ask him why he sent your job overseas. He loves the foreigners!!!!

Stay not slay. Spell check sweetie, I did hit the sweet spot on the hot flashes hahahahhahahhahahahahha good night

All of your comments have to do with violence and rage! Wow my mistake on what you were intending to say.
The hubby must be the silent type or none at all.
Enjoy your evening alone. Put some ice on it!
Night Ms. Laura,
My daughter is in her second year at Milikin studying psychology is laughing her butt off at your comments. Shes already diagnosed you. Should we send a bill to your heathllcare provider, oh that would be me and everyone on this blog plus 65 million others.
Signing off must get up bright and early to work my fingers to bone in order to keep the economy of America going.
Bet your off tomorrow...... Public job, pension HA, teacher that's it! Your going to retire at 90% of the last ten years of tenure. What the deficit for pensions in Illinois smarty pants. By the way the dems have run this state into the ground NO Argument from you or counterparts on that one...
Now only try to respond to the last sentence first bet you can't!

Rage? Really?? Hmmm, guess "slay" as in "amuse" is too complex a usage for you, Terry. Psychology? Really. Oh well, I wish her well in this job market. I do hope those Pell grants (which the Demoncrats saved from the chopping block) are still available for her. And I really should resist your baits but can't: If we must brag, mine graduated two quarters early from Northwestern Univ in Evanston, with a double major economics & social policy. And no, not a dollar of indebtedness (it's call financial planning!) The social policy aspect lends humanity to the economics you so clearly don't understand.
Nope, not a teacher or on public dole. In finance, rather like the Mr Romney that you so admire. Difference is, you don't need to export jobs and ruin families to do it. And actually, I'm going out tonight for dinner with my SO. Have a wonderful evening, Terry. You seem so bitter and can't tolerate a smart, productive, high-earning woman. Do try to keep up next time...

Walt I congratulate you for doing what you need to do, though I do not share most of your political views notably on "outsourcing."

Two G-7 economies far more tightly protected than ours, by the government, are floundering: France and Italy. So-called "insourcing" simply makes the country's economy less competitive and leads to higher unemployment.

Also, funny no one at the Patch ever talks about the $16,000,000,000,000 in national debt, (only $9,000,000,000,000 when Obama took over), the $1,800,000,000,000 in new money literally printed in the last 4 years, or when Downers Grove will become bankrupt as is projected for 85% of the USA's municipalities within 15 years.

I guess the facts are hard to process; it's easier to write platitudes, party lines, and such.

When will D.G. declare bankruptcy? 2020? 2025?

This is going to be one rough ride. I project decreasing unemployment through 2014 and then another depression except worse than before. Inflation will hit and it will hit hard and Bernake will blame top down pressure when explaining why everything costs 10 fold. Hold onto your guns.