So the incumbent won the popular vote by a hair (50.4% Obama-48.1% Romney, although they're still counting votes in several states) despite a decisive electoral victory. Seems my forecast of 50%-49% was reasonably close to the actual outcome.

I don't recall either candidate even mentioning environmental issues - in fact, other than vague talk about green energy and energy independence, our planet wasn't even considered during the debates.

Growing income inequality is a major problem, and both sides of the aisle have adopted a more extreme position on matters regarding the poor. It wasn't always like this - if you look at the Kennedy-Nixon debate of 50 years ago, you find two wildly different candidates openly acknowledging that they share the same goals for America, and they only disagreed on a few of the ways to turn these dreams into reality. In contrast, today's candidates promote themselves as offering "a choice between two different visions for America." If we're going to get out of this mess, however, Republicans and Democrats will have to compromise on social programs, economic growth, and the impending debt implosion - because four more years of deadlock isn't going to help anybody. Let's hope the cornerstone of Obama's next four years is leadership that brings people together, rather than anemic growth and polarized politics.