From the Amendment II Democrats blog on MySpace:
The election is finally over. Come January 20, Barack Obama will be inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States.
And what was the key issue that put a Democrat in the Oval Office and solidified Democratic control over the House and Senate? All it takes is a perfunctory glance at the newspaper headlines and the evening news on television to find the answer. Our nation is reeling from a failing economy and a dysfunctional health-care system, both of which have been ravaged over the years by Republican incompetence. Paychecks and pensions have taken a beating. The struggle to feed one's family has gotten even tougher.
However, if you were to ask Paul Helmke, president of the Brady Campaign, what fueled Obama's victory on Election Day, you may get a somewhat different story.
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