#899 Center? Right

I was reading an article by Karl Rove. He was offering encouragement to his fellow Republicans and warnings to the incoming administration. He joined the chorus of right wing commentators to tell Obama to remember that he was governing a “center-right” nation and should act accordingly.
It’s always nice when the losers give advice to the winner that just trounced them. I see it in sports all the time. They always interview the losing coach for advice on how the winning coach should conduct his next game.
Please.
I’m not sure where they get off calling the USA a center-right country. Seems to me they just spent the last 8 months calling Obama every leftwing pejorative in the book. More liberal than Ted Kennedy, they said at one point. They even spent the end game calling him a socialist over and over and over.
And yet the American people overwhelming said, “Well, you know, judging by the economy and who’s been in charge of it for the better part of last decade, we’ll take the guy that’s left.”
Rove said in the article not to despair, as Obama only got 3.1 points more than Gore in 2000 and 4.6 points more than Kerry in 2004. Gore had over 50% of the popular vote in 2000 so he kind of bent that a little—as Obama got 53% of the popular vote this year.
So it seems like more than center left to me.
The electoral spread is even more telling. Bush beat Gore by 271 to 266, a spread of 5 electoral votes. He beat Kerry 278 to 260, a spread of 18. Obama beat McCain 365 to 162.
A left leaning spread of 203.
If math is any indication, the country’s not just leaning left, it’s falling over.
Maybe voters don’t care what they are. 33% coming out of the polling places said they were conservative, compared to 22% who said they were liberal. So I guess it wasn’t about ideology. Maybe they just felt betrayed by “don’t tax and spend anyway” and “fox in charge of the henhouse” economics.
As a fiscal conservative myself, I can tell you, that’s no way to run a winning football team. America, ya gotta love it.