(right) U.S. President Barack Obama addresses a campaign rally at Fifth Third Arena on the campus of the University of Cincinnati November 4, 2012 in Cincinnati, Ohio. (left) Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks during campaign rally at Tampa International Airport on October 31, 2012 in Tampa, Florida. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images; Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images.
The 2012 election will likely go down as having been a historic opportunity for both parties. Mitt Romney faced an incumbent with a mediocre job-approval rating who had presided over the worst recovery from a recession in decades. Barack Obama, meanwhile, faced a milquetoast challenger with a long history of pandering flip-flops. Either man should have conceivably been able to beat such a weak foe.
Whatever happens over the next 24 hours, one party is ultimately going to be devastated by election results that could have gone the other way. The other side is going to be euphoric at having thread the needle to pull out a victory. From the winning side there will be gloating, declarations of mandates, and speculation about how great the next four years will be. From the losing side there will be despair, hand-wringing, and speculation about the dire consequences of this defeat for the American people.
Thanks to Twitter we can watch the celebration and jubilation of the winning side and the recrimination and desolation of the losing side in real time!
Below are the live tweets of 20 liberal pundits, surrogates, candidates, and politicos on the left-hand side of the screen and 20 conservative pundits, surrogates, candidates, and politicos on the right-hand side of the screen. You can see what both sides are saying about the exit polls, the actual returns, and ?what this election means? throughout the day. Welcome to the echo chamber!
Source: http://feeds.slate.com/click.phdo?i=989a35e96feb2e91ba9c6a69a95184b5
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