2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumObama CLAIM A FUCKING MANDATE TONIGHT!!!!!
As happy as I'll be if he wins I'll be disappointed if he doesn't pull what Bush and Cheney pulled in 2004 and claim a mandate. Especially if he winds up with 332 EVs.
I don't give a shit what the pundits say about this election being small or focused on small issues. Like they haven't been the real cause of why we can't speak about real problems in America. So fuck what they say. But he needs to go out and state clearly that America cannot be bought and that his reelection is the nation telling him to move ahead in the direction he set.
The word mandate needs to be part of his and every surrogates TV appearance for the next week. Anything less is political malpractice.
GreenPartyVoter
(72,378 posts)out swinging.... hard.
Panasonic
(2,921 posts)I'm seeing some big changes in the House.
And Bohner will be relegated to minority leader, and I'd nominate Alan Grayson as the Speaker.
gilpo
(708 posts)you are not being reelected to slash the debt.
smorkingapple
(827 posts)We need to remove it from the discussion. It's an accounting equation not something that matters
gilpo
(708 posts)unfortunately, that equates to default. The ultra-rich will just have to open their checkbooks more- a lot more.
gilpo
(708 posts)eventually, we need to start getting the debt under control, but not in the middle of a recovery. and not by imposing austerity
Democat
(11,617 posts)Bush claimed a mandate after being appointed by the Supreme Court.