(C. Julian White is a Columnist for “The Thirsty Quill,” and will be a frequent contributor and Political Commentator for the site)

“Why The Democrats Won (A Coronation)”

By: C. Julian White, Columnist

For the first time, since the days of pure politics, the days of Washington and Jefferson, the media had nothing to do with the outcome of the 2008 Election.   While the focus of the media was arguably in favor of Barack Obama in comparison to John McCain, it did not contribute to the Democratic sweep of the Executive and Legislative Branches.

Instead, for the first time ever, the majority’s voice was heard because it was finally counted in votes rather than the disenchanted tirades of special interest groups.  This majority empowered change because it was not affiliated with a political party, but rather a single political candidate.  While the number of votes that were tallied for Obama were from citizens predominantly “claiming” affiliation with the Democratic Party, do not be so naïve as to think that it was the ‘party’ that these individuals were supporting.

Media outlets have generated conflicting results on actual voter turnout compared to the 2004 Election, but they all acknowledge that voter registration increased exponentially during the campaign season.  It is well documented that this was especially true in populations of minorities that have been eligible to vote, yet had not exercised that right in previous years.

In such instances Americans were not registering to vote for the Republican or Democratic Party, but rather for McCain or Obama.  Similar to Reagan’s “silent majority” that Nixon first popularized, Obama relied on the “urban majority.”  The Obama campaign invested money wisely by making sure that every American who was eligible to vote could do so.

This was a commendable goal, and should be acknowledged as the first successful initiative of the Obama presidency, which arguably began on his 2008 summer “Coronation Tour” of Europe.  The residual effect of such passionate support and turnout for Obama was a greater shift of power in Washington to the Democratic Party.

The Democratic Party has taken control because one man transcended the party he represented when he promised “change.”  Americans, for the time, have made Bush, McCain, and the GOP an afterthought.  Americans have started to believe that hope is no longer a mirage, and that the desert of Iraq may soon be void of American combat boots.  Americans have started to believe that an oasis of economic prosperity is within reach…and, Americans have started to express their belief through their actions, beginning with their right to vote.

(C. Julian White is a Columnist for “The Thirsty Quill,” and will be a frequent contributor and Political Commentator for the site)

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