Obama got elected because people are sheep, media are shepherds and his skin color was used to hold white lefties hostage.Obama got elected because Bush fucked the economy over and Obama was in the right place at the right time.
Matthew had it right the first time.
Obama got elected because Bush crashed the economy, got us into a truly stupid war, and generally messed things up.
Hillary and McCain lost because even though they both KNEW this guy was an idiot, they went along with every stupid thing he did.
Obama was the guy who said, early on, this guy was messing it up. He said Iraq was a stupid idea when that wasn't a popular idea.
Obama got elected because people are sheep, media are shepherds and his skin color was used to hold white lefties hostage.