Worrying About The Future After Obama's Victory

With a couple days to think about the election outcome, I have become more pessimistic. Based on the record I voted against, I think our debt crisis will worsen, our enemies will grow stronger, our allies will feel more abandoned, Iran could go nuclear (or Israel might attempt an attack ignoring a U.S. red light), the economy may remain in shambles or else recover far more slowly than needed, and the Supreme Court might irrevocably change to the point that the Constitution might as well be pulled out of the National Archives to be burned and buried (pray for the health of Scalia, Thomas, and Kennedy!). Then again, perhaps Obama will become a completely new President compared to what he was his first term when he had to worry about re-election. We will see those indicators four years from now, and I certainly hope for the good of this country and the world they prove me more wrong than right. I think there will be plenty of opportunities to say "I told you so" over the next four years. Democrats will dispute them or ignore them. But I'm not looking forward to them. Again, I still only pray there are less than anticipated, and that they are limited to those that are less serious. And since I am praying, I might as well pray for the miracle of my being pleasantly surprised on some of those biggest issues. 

 Chris Matthews said on MSNBC, “I'm so glad we had that storm last week." It's truly sad if the first week of a Hurricane was the October surprise that shifted an election. If that's true, it means we do not have a reality electorate. Instead, we have a reality show electorate. Tweet