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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe "Group Of Four"
Four presidents in the last century have won 50 percent of the vote twice: Roosevelt, Eisenhower, Reagan, and Obama. Bill Kristol, reminding the GOP its time to wake the fck up.
http://underthemountainbunker.com/2012/11/11/roosevelt-eisenhower-reagan-and-obama/
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The "Group Of Four" (Original Post)
kpete
Nov 2012
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Sekhmets Daughter
(7,515 posts)1. Very nice, very nice indeed.
Vattel
(9,289 posts)2. I don't get it. Please explain.
Horse with no Name
(33,956 posts)5. These four President's had actual Mandates
Anyone else that claimed to have one...was a fucking liar.
orpupilofnature57
(15,472 posts)8. What was Ronnies mandate? Union busting ? JellyBeans ?
Horse with no Name
(33,956 posts)12. That was what he did with it
as well as destroying the family farms.
orpupilofnature57
(15,472 posts)3. I'd replace Ray-guns with Bill Clinton, but otherwise .
Sekhmets Daughter
(7,515 posts)6. Those are the only 4 presidents
in the past hundred years to win election + reelection with 50% + of the popular vote....Clinton never got 50% of the popular vote...
orpupilofnature57
(15,472 posts)9. That makes sense, Thanks .
Sekhmets Daughter
(7,515 posts)13. You're welcome
Vox Moi
(546 posts)4. What, besides holding office, do these four man have in common?
Just asking.
Sekhmets Daughter
(7,515 posts)7. They are the only 4 presidents
in the last 100 years to win two elections with 50% or more of the popular vote.
ProudProgressiveNow
(6,129 posts)10. Hell of a stat!!!!
RomneyLies
(3,333 posts)11. That's gonna piss off some teabaggers.
Having Obama in the same category as the sainted Reagan will drive them mad.