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Chessic, thanks for starting this thread. I was going to start on asking people to give their analysis of the election.

I have thought a bit about the election this morning. The following are thoughts that came to my mind.

1. A party cannot expect to win a national election with just the white vote. It is no longer possible.

I carefully looked at the people at the convention hall in Chicago and in Boston. This is what I saw:

The crowd in Chicago was made up of white folk, black folk, Hispanics and Asians. The Democratic coalition is broad and is in groups that are increasing in population and thus in the number of people who vote.

The crowd in Boston was made up of only white folk. There may have been a few people who were of a minority, but I did not see any.

The Republican coalition is too one race, one group centered to win national elections.

2. The number of white voters dropped 1% since 2008.

3. The number of young people, 18-29 increased 1% since 2008. The Democrats have made a concerted effort to register young people.

4. Minority groups voted very strongly for Obama. Why wouldn't they are the Republicans have passed or attempted to pass draconian laws, especially against the Hispanics.

5. Surprisingly Catholics went for Obama ... I believe it was 49 to 48 percent.

6. Women voted for Obama. The Republicans practically pushed them into the Democratic camp.

If Republicans continue to follow the path they have been on the last 12 years they will not win another national election. The demographics are against them. In time this will filter down to the State level. Perhaps we already saw this in that the Democrats held onto the Senate majority. And, in time, probably not in my lifetime, it will filter down and impact House races.

I will be interested in seeing other analysis from folks on the board ... thought out analysis and not just complaining one-liners.