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2. Obama has a good chance to be the first President winning at least 51% of the vote for 2 terms

Reply to Proud liberal 80 (Original post)

Sat Dec 1, 2012, 11:11 PM

Dec 2012

since Dwight Eisenhower!

Not Reagan
Not Nixon
Not Bush
Not Clinton
Not Truman

LBj, Kennedy, Carter and Bush Sr. were one term Presidents.

Ike and Obama are the only 2 Presidents since WW2 to obtain this achievement.

It that's not a mandate for an agenda, I don't know what is.

In modern Presidential politics it literally is impossible to do any better. If this record doesn't give a President a mandate, then the only conclusion one could reach is that it is impossible for any President to have a mandate to govern based on election results.

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Bush's 2004 election mandate [View all] Proud liberal 80 Dec 2012 OP

I'm not so sure politics is supposed to make sense. nm. AnnaLee Dec 2012 #1

Obama has a good chance to be the first President winning at least 51% of the vote for 2 terms aaaaaa5a Dec 2012 #2

Of course to the Rs there is no mandate; he is a democrat and black -- enough said. Why Filibuster Harry Dec 2012 #3

Bush 2004 almost 3 million votes LiberalFighter Dec 2012 #4

That's "playing politics" NewJeffCT Dec 2012 #5