Obama has just won the presidential election and as expected many republicans are blaming hurricane Sandy.

However by all accounts, including the republicans blaming the hurricane for the loss of the election, it was an "act of god".

What does this statement actually mean?

Does this mean that god himself created or sent hurricane Sandy to stop Mitt Romney from becoming president of the United states of America?

If so why do they still refuse to accept Obama's leadership seeing as he has clearly been chosen by god to lead them the next four years?