Reply #15: Bush's 50.7% was a mandate, yet Obama's 52% was not? [View All]

[alarimer]

I can't figure this out. It seems that the guy who won with the most progressive agenda in at least 15 years HAS a mandate to govern progressively. Whether the spineless weasels in Congress and that snake Emmanuel will let him is another story.

Still, if only by comparison to the last administration, this WILL be a more progressive era. I take comfort in that fact, even if the reality is that he may not be able to accomplish everything he wants or some people (Democrats in Congress) may get in the way.