Editor:
Another election over and President Obama won a second term. I think President Obama owes some thanks to the Republican governors of Florida, Ohio and Wisconsin for his win. Governors Kasich in Ohio, Scott in Florida and Thompson in Wisconsin all are well known as lackey's to large corporate special interests and all slavishly follow the Billionaire Koch brothers agenda.
The voters in these states had seen enough of these governors to realize that Mitt Romney was cut from the same mold. Obama won all these states. These governors and Mitt Romney pay lip service to the issues that conservatives care about, but many voters didn't buy it and stayed home or voted for Obama.
The GOP had a nominee and swing state governors that were living breathing examples of the country club set and corporate crony-ism. If the Republicans thought these clowns were appealing to working class conservatives, they have been way too deep into their own kool-aid. As a lifelong Republican, I could see this train wreck coming.
No doubt the GOP will draw the wrong conclusion from this loss and think they weren't acting enough like Democrats. The real reason for their failure is the fact that they are picking candidates that only have appeal on Wall Street and in the Hamptons. Maybe they will get it right next time.
D. B. Orr
Avon Park
Sunday, November 11, 2012 - www.newssun.com/ltr-111112-orr