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You're deluded. The Clintons called it a "mandate" when Bill only won 43% of the popular vote. Hillary ran a classless campaign and would absolutely have called it a mandate IF she had won.
You think winning the Presidency, keeping the Senate and House isn't a mandate? Liberals think they have a mandate even when they lose elections.
Here's something to laugh about: Hillary Clinton back when the left was still POSITIVE that Hillary was going to win with a landslide.
I think you're confused. Hillary Clinton has never won the presidency.
The Republicans didn't win the Senate and House. They just didn't lose them.
They were NEVER going to lose the House. Their majority was too great. It was only POSSIBLE to lose the Senate.
So...I guess you're saying that if a minority of hte people vote for someone, that's a mandate? So...is that a good way to unite the country?
THAT is definitely true. But that's different from a mandate. Unless you're using the term as in "Aunt Martha and Uncle Vern have given me a mandate to spend Cousin Barney's fortune as I see fit." Even though the other 11 members of the family did not.
bpollen, I think you misunderstand the Trump phenomenon. He is not a republican. He blasted through every one of the republican candidates in the primaries one by one and he didn't care if he insulted them or anyone in congress by doing so.
In the general election, he blasted through the best the democrats could put up and he didn't care who he insulted in doing so.
The mandate is not the republican party against the democrats. It is the people of america tired of a political system that doesn't work. The mandate is politicians, all politicians, getting something done. That is their job and they are going to have to perform. I think any senator that is up for election in 2 years better show a record of inclusion, not obstruction.
Trump called Pelosi and Schumer within 12 hours of his acceptance speech to talk about the infrastructure. He is more than 2 months from taking office and he is already at work and including the democrats. Obama didn't cross the aisle unless he had to in the entire 8 years he was in office.
Business people are used to getting things done. Politicians, and all government workers are not. This will be a different scenario for them
Paul Ryan is right, they do have a mandate GET TO WORK
bpollen, I think you misunderstand the Trump phenomenon. He is not a republican. He blasted through every one of the republican candidates in the primaries one by one and he didn't care if he insulted them or anyone in congress by doing so.
In the general election, he blasted through the best the democrats could put up and he didn't care who he insulted in doing so.
The mandate is not the republican party against the democrats. It is the people of america tired of a political system that doesn't work. The mandate is politicians, all politicians, getting something done. That is their job and they are going to have to perform. I think any senator that is up for election in 2 years better show a record of inclusion, not obstruction.
Trump called Pelosi and Schumer within 12 hours of his acceptance speech to talk about the infrastructure. He is more than 2 months from taking office and he is including the democrats. Obama didn't cross the aisle unless he had to in the entire 8 years he was in office.
Business people are used to getting things done. Politicians, and all government workers are not. This will be a different scenario for them
Paul Ryan is right, they do have a mandate GET TO WORK
He would have a better grasp if he had actually read the article I had posted for him.
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