Politics

Former baseball statistician accurately predicts every state in the presidential election.

"And with this victory, he may have changed the way elections are covered for good. By disregarding the industry wisdom that gut feelings, day-to-day poll movements, and talking head commentary are what matter, he has decimated the value of these superficial judgments."

No wonder the information gate keepers hate him.

Herman Cain calls for a third party.

Americans are sick of war.

"Pew Research Center poll that found the percentage of Americans who think the country should "mind its own business internationally" had jumped from 30 percent in 2002 to 49 percent in 2009. "
"America's wariness of global conflict is obvious in other recent Pew Research Center polling. A September 2012 sample found that the percentage of Americans who list terrorism as "very important" to their vote has fallen by 12 points since 2008. In September interviews just after the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, 45 percent of the public approved Obama's handling of the situation, versus just 26 percent who endorsed Romney's approach. In an October poll, 63 percent of those surveyed wanted to see the U.S. "less involved" in the Middle East."

Obama's rhetoric made him seem less of a warmonger than Romney.