As President Obama attempts to persuade us that he has a decisive mandate for his left-wing, big government, some say,"socialist", agenda (he does not).
Obama received 3,599,803 FEWER votes in 2012 than 2008. Mitt Romney received nearly 1 million MORE votes in 2012 than John McCain garnered in 2008. Obama's share of the Electoral College dropped, and 48.98% of voters voted AGAINST him.
While Obama did win the election, nearly half of the nation voted against him and his agenda. That is NOT a decisive mandate, and that is why we have checks and balances in our government.
Charles Krauthammer responded to President Obama’s re-election with
dire predictions for the next four years. “We are left as a country
about where we started but a little worse off … Obama will go back to
who he is,” he said, adding, “He is a man of the Left and he will try to
push his agenda through … the problem is that the country will slide.”
Krauthammer slammed President Obama for
going “small” and “negative” in his campaign instead of campaigning on
ideas. Given the narrow margin of his victory, Krauthammer believes that
the president won, but has no mandate.
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