Al
2008-11-06 12:52:05
Oh yes, Bush had mandate in 2004 and Obama does not. Margin has nothing to do with it.
In 2004, everyone knew what Bush was about and what he would do, and the American people approved of it. In contrast, no one know what Obama would do, or even who he really is. “Hope! Change! Bush sucks!” — that was the entirety of his program, and he was never challenged on that. As a result, people projected on him their own fantasies, and voted for fantasies, not for the man. But everyone has different fantasies. Which means that Obama has no mandate to do any specific thing.
I give him a year to discover this truth.
