Lots of people on this site all gung-ho to point out how Romney would have been just as bad, banksters this, politicians that, blah blah blah. They miss the big point though. Whether or not Romney would have been just as bad, right or wrong the public perception is Romney = work and responsibility for self, Obama = handouts and nanny state.

This is the first election in my lifetime that there was no pretense to hide that difference and the people voted for nanny state.