With 50.7% of the popular vote in 2004, Bush declared he had a "mandate" and "political capital."

[PA Democrat]

Obama's margins are pretty impressive despite the challenges of an economy that is still recovering from a staggering financial crisis, and no thanks to unprecedented obstructionism by the Republican members of the legislature.

2004
Bush 50.7%
Kerry 48.3%

2012 as of 2:30 pm Wednesday
Obama 50.4%
Romney 48.1%

Don't let the right wing try to downplay the scope of this win.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_2004
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/07/who-won-the-popular-vote-2012_n_2087038.html

[tanyev]

1. Dick Morris predicted a Romney landslide of over 300 electoral votes.

Today he's admitted he was wrong and that Obama won a squeaker with only 300+ electoral votes.

[Dawson Leery]

2. Bush narrowly won the electoral college.

Obama walked it.

[DCKit]

3. You ain't the only one liking this ralroad, got a friend herem fiorever.

[DCKit]

4. It's a shoe-in. WTF is wrong with you? Are you sane?

[PA Democrat]

5. ??? I think you are misreading my post.

I'm saying that Bush interpreted his reelection as the go-ahead to try to ram through unpopular things like privatizing social security. Obama's margin is about the same and the right wing is stating that he must move to the "middle".

[DCKit]

11. Don't overthink it. They just like saying "Man Date". Gives 'em a trill. nt

[zbdent]

6. Don't forget, Dumbya also had

the "liberally-biased media" s*king on his d*ck ...

[gollygee]

7. True, although we all made fun of him here for that

and he fully deserved it.

I think he has earned some political capital, but I don't know about a mandate.

[Jack Sprat]

8. Exactly.

Plus the numbers provide Pres Obama a slightly larger percentage of the win margin.

And yeah, Bush sure did did proclaim a mandate on his smaller percentage victory.

[PA Democrat]

9. Video making my point. Mary Matalin's delusional remarks.

[susanna]

12. Whoa - she's a certified whackadoodle.

WTH?! I pity James Carville.

And Van Jones handled himself with great dignity in the face of her stupid...

[gypsylud]

10. Heard that speech on NPR yesterday

Boy he sounded like a jerk. Wait, he was a jerk.