George W Bush has won the US presidential election for the second time, defeating the Democrat candidate, John Kerry. Bush had 274 Electoral College votes as opposed to Kerry’s 252 votes (to win, you need 270 votes).

I have to say that I’m disappointed in the US electorate – the 51% who voted for Bush. It seems that everyone in the world, apart from the Americans themselves, is aware how bad Bush is for the Americans and the credibility of the USA. For the previous four years, he hasn’t achieved anything except sending Americans to die in Iraq, and allowing the budget deficit to spiral out of control. He has cut benefits for the working class and shown very narrow-minded attitudes towards issues such as same sex marriages and abortions. Now he’s been elected for another four years.

In his victory speech, Bush set out a conservative social and economic agenda for his second four-year term, singling out tax reform, social security and education as priorities. I wonder if he’ll be able to stick to that. Or will he just wage war against other terrorist-ridden countries until the USA goes bankrupt and thousands upon thousands of American soldiers have been killed? We’ll see.

There is one good thing about Kerry not being elected – he won’t be able to run for a second term in 2008, paving the way for Hillary Clinton to become the first female presidential candidate of the USA. Simply because she is so popular, I think she would get elected easily. So roll on 2008.

I’ll be keeping an eye on what’s happening with Bush – the Americans have had their say, there’s nothing we can do about it, except watch and pray.