Sir - You need to stand and reach out with an open hand to the elected leaders and offer your help to work positively towards the resolution of the many problems we as a nation face. Divisive comments are a sure continuation of the failed policies of the recent past couple of years. We must together move forward.

Any growth in the Tea Party will be met with a matching growth in the Occupy Movement ... it is just the nature of things. Push too hard in one direction, an opposing force will come up to balance it.

A majority of the populace is not going to sit still for extreme Conservatives to dictate how we should live our lives. It is not in most people's nature to want to order others around, and in the same, they don't like taking marching orders, either.

If someone feels strongly about their spiritual/moral values, GREAT, I applaud that. They should do their best to live life in that way. I have mine own and have been pretty good at living within them. To want to impose them on others ....WRONG.... that ranks right up there with living a life with no morals, because you start affecting others lives. People are only going to willingly accept what their own experience teaches them anyway.

There are lessons to be learned from this election. In order for a GOP candidate to even be considered for nomination, they must display extreme conservative values. Romney's push to appear conservative in order to secure the nomination may have ultimately caused him to lose this race.
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Those late in the game negative campaign ads played against him such as “Yes I will repeal Roe versus Wade”... “Planned Parenthood...we need to get rid of that”. The 47% comment, etc.. In this election, Obama may not have won based on the positive message of Hope and Change but rather because enough people showed up to vote against Romney to preserve their individual rights.

Many people in this country identify themselves as moderates. If Romney could have avoided making those conservative comments early on to win the GOP nomination, I firmly believe that he could have been elected as the next president of our country.. I never seen such an energized conservative movement but there is not enough votes available for a candidate to win without also appealing to moderates. Plus, Romney’s dad was born in Mexico and people that I have talked to were not aware of that fact if they missed the second debate. His statement regarding immigration was powerful and it could have been used to create a positive campaign advertisement.

Now that this election is over, we need to reach out and work together to resolve the numerous issues that we face as a nation.

Let's see here, Obama won by a narrow margin, really Tim, you must be delusional because 333 to 206 in the electoral college and a several million vote margin in the popular vote does not translate to a narrow margin in my book of reality. Mitt Romney and your party lost because of old tired idea's and devisive dirty politics that appeal mostly to a diminishing portion of the 72% white electorate and their often overt racist views. Their voting suppression tactics failed becaused they pissed off the 23% of minority voters by trying to silence their voices and disregarding them as those just looking for a hand-out. Quess what Tim, the most people accepting social benefits in this country are white persons. They also pissed off a whole lot of women through a misogonistic platform disregarding women's reproductive rights. We the people are all tired to tears of Republican partisan politics and their policy of do nothing say no to anything that helps ameliorate our country. If the Republican party continues on it's current path of disincluding minoritiy voters, listening to the lunetic fringe in their party and don't tack back to more moderate positions, then they deserve to be the victims of their own diminishing brand. In the end, if the Republican's don't step-up and show that they have our country's best interests at heart and continue in their foolish and devisive actions, then they will continue to be part of the problem instead of the solution for a very long time to come.

Pres. Obama easily won the election by 3 million votes. This is hardly a "narrow margin" as you state. You are knowingly repeating a Karl Rove lie. The gridlock that you complain about has occurred because of Congressional Tea Party Republicans. Nearly all of them have signed the Grover Norquist tax pledge refusing to compromise by raising even one additional dollar in taxes in order to balance the federal budget. The Republican Party is a party in decline and this is good for America. All of the future demographic trends are going against the GOP. If they could not win in 2012, they will certainly not win in 2016 or 2020. Conservatives are on the wrong side of history on most issues like women's reproductive rights, equal pay for women, gay marriage, immigration, voting rights, public education, and the need for a strong government that supports and protects everybody and not just protects the wealthy. My wife and I were once moderate Republicans, but we left the GOP because it is now filled with bigots, racists, anti-science groups, religious fundamentalists, extremists, tea partiers, and those who only care about the wealthiest in our society. Let's hope that the current GOP dies quickly and in the future becomes a moderate, thoughtful, compromising party that cares about everybody equally.

Well said Joe, don't forget the misogonists, homophobes and knuckle draggin gun toters in your comments!

NAFROW MARGIN???? This guy is either constantly misinformed, probably due to too much FOX NEWS or to many Tea party meetings or might be attributed to his homophobic, racist attitude. Or, he is just plain delusional. At any rate, he is a sad man, who had a sad 2012, and I'm sure is destined to a sad 2013...

2012 was sad for conservatives - 2013 will be at least as bad - the future of america is at risk until Obama & others of his ilk are out of power - elected, appointed or otherwise. our children and grandchildren will be paying for the folly of this (mal)administration financially & otherwise

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When 1 out of every 4 corporations don't pay a penny in taxes and 8 members of the Walton family (Wal-Mart heirs) collectively own more stuff than the combined wealth of 30% of the US population, I, for one, am perfectly happy to see them SAD.