Comments Related To: Is Obama's Presidency Being Set Up for Failure?

I have often wondered during the Presidential campaign certain things that have led me to believe that MAYBE the Power in Office, (I don't want to say Republicans because that seems to be a front.) wanted Obama to win.
First of all the money - with the DOW doubled even in it's lowest point the past 8 years there was more than enough profits by the top 10% income earners to filter much more money into the GOP campaign than the DNC raised. Are they too cheap to part with it or was it just not necessary?
Second - the Palin (populist) nomination. For so many reasons I believe that was a calculated purposeful goof or just really blatant arrogance. After watching the Clare Booth Luce Policy Institute's latest press conference on CSPAN, superciliousness attributes are alive within the (I can't call them conservatives because truly they are not) desperate for a purpose wannabe populists.
Third - John McCain's campaign was not about a centerist canidate that ran in 2000. The campaign did not have quite the Karl Rove touch or else Karl Rove has gone over the edge because the GOP campaign seemed to have inspired the opposition to the Rush Limbaugh type of rhetoric.
Reason why Obama was slated to win. Alan Greenspan had once made a remark about how there is a large bubble in the middle class that will pop and there will be a scream heard around the world. The reason to make the bubble and allow it to pop is so that Americans will become happier to be poorer and accept immigration easier when the aliens are on the same level economically. A general plan of the top 10% to curb anarchy and their so-called peace plan for after the battle.
There are more reasons, however, we will see what events happen in the near future and how we will be tested.
Perhaps there is just the anger from the "Good Ole White Boys" group that has found that the world is changing away from their principals and they are lashing out. Afterall, with our BFF, the internet, all voices can be heard.

WOW! I can see you've thought about this for a while hehe. I think there is some merit to some of your points, however I'll have to disagree that the Obama win was a conservative/Repub conspiracy. The reason - McCain is far too proud to have thrown in the towel for any party! Instead, I think McCain wanted to win so badly that he thought he had to throw everything at the election hoping something would stick. This desperation showed through, most especially after the Palin pick.

Right after the RNC, I think McCain felt there'd be a certain chance he could win it (I thought he had a better chance before the Palin pick, but I guess he didn't). However, I believe that after the Couric and other interviews, McCain realized what a mistake the Palin pick was, and at that point, he really didn't care much anymore. Maybe, in his own twisted way, he was trying to protect the country he loves by making sure he and Palin weren't elected (though I don't truly believe that either).

I think desperation, bad management, and bad luck (economic conditions) created the situation. Although Democrats may wish Repubs had won a few years from now if the economy doesn't get better, in the end, no party ever wants to give up the shot at Presidency.

i think in my humble view, the guy is creating an aura of too much expectations all around and to add to that he is clearly in the red as far as picking of right people for the right job. Once again instead of change is it is change you can xerox.
I particularly see a pattern now.
arif