Obama CLAIM A FUCKING MANDATE TONIGHT!!!!!

[smorkingapple]

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]

1. Yes. the Repub dominated House intends to make life very difficult for him again. He needs to come

out swinging.... hard.

[Panasonic]

6. Except there is no Repub domination - it'll be dominated by the Democrats

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]

2. Hint: the mandate is not cutting Social Security

you are not being reelected to slash the debt.

[smorkingapple]

3. The debt is meaningless. My dream is he says that and invokes whatever amendment to wipe it out

We need to remove it from the discussion. It's an accounting equation not something that matters

[gilpo]

7. nice dream

unfortunately, that equates to default. The ultra-rich will just have to open their checkbooks more- a lot more.

[gilpo]

8. not that i think this is a problem immediately.

eventually, we need to start getting the debt under control, but not in the middle of a recovery. and not by imposing austerity

[Democat]

4. Yes, no matter what the margin he should

Bush claimed a mandate after being appointed by the Supreme Court.

[struggle4progress]

5. G O T V

[smorkingapple]

9. COME ON OBAMA, CLAIM IT DAMNIT!!!!!!