The election was most definitely a mandate.

It could have been nothing else. The Congress and the Executive branch were frozen in gridlock. We had to wait for an election to resolve the issue. The people resolved it. They chose to re-elect the President.

Republicans, behind Mitt Romney, had billions of dollars at their disposal and the people still chose Barack Obama. We gave the President a mandate to resolve these issues. If the Congress still refuses to accept the results of this election, we will have no choice but to change them in the next election.

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The election was most definitely a mandate. (Original post)	kentuck	Nov 2012	OP
Congress WILL be changed	SubgeniusHasSlack	Nov 2012	#1
They need to change now.	kentuck	Nov 2012	#2
They reinstalled a repub majority in the house	Abq_Sarah	Nov 2012	#3
The people also re-elected a Republican House	davidn3600	Nov 2012	#4

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 01:07 AM

SubgeniusHasSlack (276 posts)

1. Congress WILL be changed

in 2014.

For the better. Forward!

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 01:56 AM

kentuck (66,212 posts)

2. They need to change now.

The Congress and the Executive branch were deadlocked. This election was the only way to resolve it. The people chose the President over Congress. It is a mandate.

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 02:01 AM

Abq_Sarah (2,606 posts)

3. They reinstalled a repub majority in the house

Since the House of Representatives are responsible for originating all spending and taxing legislation, it seems to me they voted for continued gridlock.

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Response to kentuck (Original post)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 02:12 AM

davidn3600 (1,273 posts)

4. The people also re-elected a Republican House

Obama only won with 50% of the vote. Half the country voted for someone else.

We are still a divided country. One election is not going to change that.

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