A political truth

     One adviser tells President Roslin, in Battlestar Galactica: 'Madam President, in my experience people vote their hopes -not their fears'. 

               And yes, the resemblance with how Lyndon B. Johnson's was sworn in on Kennedy's assassination is fully intended, and it has already been remarked upon countless times.

     That would explain Obama's victory over the Republican narrative of fear. But it was a time of economic bonanza, and people maybe could afford to be hopeful. In times of turmoil, history has shown that voters elect the one who plays to their fears the most. It happened with Thatcher in 1979 after the Winter of Discontent and the 1973 Oil Crisis, and it looks like it is going to happen in Spain.