Olbermann just posted this on Facebook "Obama took Florida! Woot Woot!!!"

[Snarkoleptic]

Looking for additional confirmation, but this mean mandate, baby!

[FarPoint]

1. What is a mandate?

Sorry...I'm just pitiful at times.

Never mind...at first I didn't think it would come up on google....but it did.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandate_(politics)


In politics, a mandate is the authority granted by a constituency to act as its representative.[1]

The concept of a government having a legitimate mandate to govern via the fair winning of a democratic election is a central idea of democracy. New governments who attempt to introduce policies that they did not make public during an election campaign are said to not have a legitimate mandate to implement such policies.

Elections, especially ones with a large margin of victory, are often said to give the newly elected government or elected official a mandate to implement certain policies. Also, the period during which a government serves between elections is often referred to as a mandate and when the government seeks re-election it is said to be seeking a "new mandate".

In some languages, a 'mandate' can mean a parliamentary seat won in an election.

[BlueToTheBone]

3. What's a mandate?

it means that there is overwhelming evidence that the majority of people want a certain paradigm to occur.

BTW wikipedia and google are our good friends.

[Snarkoleptic]

4. Or it could be when two dudes go out for drinks.

Just sayin'

[BlueToTheBone]

6. lol -- I thought that was a

Bromance! Hard to keep up with all the new terminology!

[FarPoint]

7. Thats a good one

[Coexist]

5. I think it has something to do with Jeff Gannon

:snort:

[byeya]

2. Tis wondrous if true

If there are any moderate Repugs left, this election should have cured them of their fear of the Tea Party