"It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his job depends on not understanding it." - Upton Sinclair

Look at the post under this one.

when they were predicting that for Romney:

progressives also have to get organized and pressure Obama

The clear double standard and bias toward conservative viewpoints is the reason I just avoid corporate news now. Too aggravating.

and rightwing pundits disguised as journalists who are now out in force attempting to claim that President Obama doesn't have a mandate (in order to weaken him) when each and every Rightwing pundit claimed a mandate for Romney should he win above and beyond 300 EC votes.

I guess it *is* true, that a black person has to work three times as hard for the same recognition because this fallacy permeates each and every corporate media bobble-heads' idiotic declarations hoping to convince the unwashed masses.

Sorry, corporate bobble-heads, but what's good for the White Republican is equally good for the Black Democrat.

the majority of people in the usa could care less about what they have to say.

although it seems as if an awful lot of people imbibe and parrot everything faux, rush, etc. say.....

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Everyone else listed is to be expected.

You don't think all those corporate donations to NPR come without strings, do you?

Because the whole point of evaluating whether an election is a mandate is to determine whether the election served as validation of a candidate's principles by garnering popular support. Even if non-swing state voters don't get to determine the outcome of the election, our votes certainly count in determining whether a president won a mandate.

I think Obama won a mandate but not a sweeping mandate like he did in 2008. What is sad is that Bush cannot possibly be said to have won a mandate in 2000, yet he governed like he won in a landslide. Obama actually did win in a landslide in 2008 but governed as if someone had let him in by accident during his first couple years.

I would call that an iron clad mandate.

No matter what some old crusty white guy like Bob Schieffer says about it.

Here's an alternative graphic I threw together, highlighting the much larger electoral victories by Obama in BOTH his elections, versus the 2000/2004 results...



The media EITHER has to declare that they mischaracterized the Bush elections (putting aside... you know) or that Obama's 2008 mandate has been reinforced and reaffirmed by the voters. Well, they WOULD have to declare such, if there was a trace of integrity remaining....