so after all of the rhetoric, the billions of dollars of ad, two so after all of the rhetoric, the billions of dollars of ads, two conventions, three debates, hundreds of rallies and thousand of miles of travel, another presidential election officially right now in the books. rhetoric? i don t know what you are talking about. we thought we would share some thoughts about it all from our abc news political analysts we begin with matthew dowd. reporter: all the polls were right. the republicans argued against said no we well do it differently. it didn t happen. they re going to have to face the future, there was no leader of the party, and an electorate much to their disadvantage. this was a campaign that has always had its doubters. i mean this was a primary where he was sort of, the third, fourth, fifth choice. we romanced chris christie. we romanced mitch daniels. we fell in love with everybody who wasn t running.
yes, i did, i couldn t take anything for granted. mitt romney, asked, i only wrote one speech, a victory speech that he did not get to deliver here. maybe, a lesson in overconfidence some times. he and paul ryan put it on the table. paul ryan retains a seat in wisconsin. paul ryan, a name, republicans and democrats will be hearing about for a while to come. once he licks his wound a little bit the he will get back out there. a young guy. that is the news for this half-hour. we will leave you with some of the election s most memorable images. you are watching world news now. thank you for watching, everybody.
as divided as it was before the election, president obama and the country prepare for the next four years. thank you, america! god bless you! god bless these united states. announcer: from abc news, this is america this morning with rob nelson and paula faris. good wednesday morning, everybody. four years ago barack obama stood on the brink of history. the morning after his election. now four years later he stands on the brink of a second year. the president has won the election after a hard-fought campaign saying he s returned to the white house more determined than ever. and he claimed a decisive and sweeping victory over challenger mitt romney although the popular vote is a lot tighter. but in the end, almost all of the key battleground states including ohio and virginia,
this morning on a special edition of world news now four more years. president barack obama is re-elected. from chicago to times square to the white house, an eruption of joy. four more years! the emotion echoing the excitement of four years ago. and in boston a gracious concession from a worthy opponent in the long, hard-fought and extremely expensive race. a victorious president obama says we are all in this together. now the work on the second term, creating more jobs, healing the economy, moving forward with health care reforms begins for president barack obama. announcer: from abc news, this is world news now. and good wednesday morning, everybody. i m rob nelson.
campaign and facing a congress as divided as it was before the election, president obama and the country prepare for the next four years. thank you, america! god bless you! god bless these united states. announcer: from abc news, this is america this morning with rob nelson and paula faris. good wednesday morning, everybody. four years ago barack obama stood on the brink of history. the morning after his election. now four years later he stands on the brink of a second year. the president has won re-election after a hard-fought campaign, saying he returned to the white house more determined and decisive than ever. and he claimed a decisive and sweeping victory over challenger mitt romney although the popular vote is a lot tighter. but in the end, almost all of the key battleground states including ohio and virginia, they went the president s way