Merry Christmas, President Obama

Dear President Obama,

Well, November 6^th has come and gone, and you won. Consider that your Christmas present for this year. You won fair and square; you didn't even need the New Black Panthers or those murals at the polling places in Philadelphia, although they were a nice touch. You won, in part because the Republican Party has forgotten how to run a presidential campaign, in part because you made the election about non-issues, and in part because you ran as Santa Clause. The single most meaningful piece of information to come out of your campaign in 2012 was the assertion that “this ain't tiddly-winks” - a lesson the Republican Party just never seems to learn.

So in the end it wasn't that difficult, especially since they didn't actually make you run on YOUR record and instead let you run against a record you made up for Mitt Romney. OK. You still ran a damned effective campaign. In 2008, Bernie Goldberg wrote a book - “Crazies to the Left of me, Wimps to the Right...” Yup! That about covers it.

They let you make the election about non-issues, like contraception, abortion, and gay marriage. Why non-issues? Because they are either settled law (abortion), well on their way to becoming instantiated into society (gay marriage) or, frankly, just penny-ante crap (free contraception).

Since you ran as Santa Clause, I know you need to get those elves busy making those Obama-phones for the upcoming holiday. So I won't keep you much longer. Long-story-short – it's good that you got your Christmas present early. You'll need time to get to work on those Obama-phones so it's good you get to enjoy your present. I'm a little worried that you may have a conflict with that fiscal cliff thing and a much needed few rounds of golf after a tough campaign. Oh, well, I'm sure you'll set priorities and work it out appropriately.

Congratulations and know that no one will be more surprised or happier than me to see you work out that fiscal cliff thing for real this time (not just pretend) – if you can find the time, of course.

Sincerely,

One of the 48.8% who didn't vote for you.