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It might be fun to have that ready for the day after. Obama's Mandate. hahahahahha
former9thward
(32,097 posts)He needs the House and filibuster proof Senate (Do not depend on Reid changing the rule no matter what he says).
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)Plus, there are very good candidates this year. Look at heidi in ND, for example, kicking Berg big time in a very red state.
GoCubsGo
(32,097 posts)The republicans refused to recognize it. I don't see that changing, unless the Democrats win both houses of Congress and change the rules to prevent the kind of obstruction we saw over the past four years.
craigmatic
(4,510 posts)budkin
(6,722 posts)Renew Deal
(81,882 posts)Scuba
(53,475 posts)doc03
(35,389 posts)the Republicans wouldn't admit it was a mandate.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)RadiationTherapy
(5,818 posts)hahahaha
OmahaBlueDog
(10,000 posts)That's the lesson we should have all learned from George W. Bush.
RadiationTherapy
(5,818 posts)mandate" if we manage even the slimmest of victories. hahaha
RadiationTherapy
(5,818 posts)only a "Bush mandate", which of course is not one.
outsideworld
(601 posts)What is a mandate and what power does it give the incumbant
RadiationTherapy
(5,818 posts)to enact their agenda due to a perception of wide support among their constituency. It is not a formal term in regard to any particular power.
outsideworld
(601 posts)But that doesnt really change much if we dont have the house and a fill buster proof senate right ?
upi402
(16,854 posts)So... man date that Republicans!
Jack Rabbit
(45,984 posts)The election was close by any standard and Bush's victory was, to say the very least, extremely suspect.