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Wed Nov-05-08 11:44 AM
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2004
Popular vote Bush 62,040,610 Kerry 59,028,444
Percentage Bush 50.7% Kerry 48.3%
2008 (unofficial)
Popular vote Obama 62,682,786 McCain 55,543,823
Percentage Obama 52% McCain 46%
Fox news gushed about how Bush's margin of victory in 2004 signaled he had a mandate from the electorate. Funny, I don't think I've been hearing them say the same thing about Obama's victory, despite it eclipsing 2004.
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| lurky
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Wed Nov-05-08 11:47 AM
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Mandate! Mandate! Mandate!
Let's make some policy!
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| thenam
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Wed Nov-05-08 11:49 AM
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| 2. = Political Capital. Time to spend it. |
| ipfilter
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Wed Nov-05-08 11:55 AM
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| 3. That statment four years ago made me want to puke. |
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Wed Nov-05-08 01:03 PM
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| 4. Im new to politics..Can someone explain "Mandate" to me and how it benefits? |
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Wed Nov-05-08 01:11 PM
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| 5. Why that is because in Fox's world |
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the election was stolen. Idiots...
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| Left Is Write
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Wed Nov-05-08 03:31 PM
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| 6. Someone (I can't remember who) was interviewed on Today this morning and was asked, |
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"Did Obama receive a mandate?"
The guy said, no, this was a "reasonable" victory, but not a mandate.
An electoral near-landslide and majorities in both the Senate and the House with increased seats in both? How is that not a mandate?
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