themoderatevoice.com - 11/6/2008
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The answer would appear to be, when the mandate referee is Bob Novak .
The first Democratic Electoral College landslide in decades did not result in a tight race for control of Congress. […]
[Obama] may have opened the door to enactment of the long-deferred liberal agenda, but he neither ...
suntimes.com - 11/5/2008
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suntimes.com —
NO REALIGNMENT | No mandate for Obama, no
lopsided Congress WASHINGTON -- The national election Tuesday was...
not only historic for the election of the first African-American president in the nation's history but also for how little the avalanche of ...
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No mandate for Obama, no lopsided Congress :: CHICAGO ...
krugman.blogs.nytimes.com - 11/5/2008
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krugman.blogs.nytimes.com —
A magnificent victory for Barack Obama. And bear
in mind that the campaign, in its final stages,...
was really about different philosophies of governing. This wasn't like the 2004 campaign, which was essentially fought over fake issues - Bush running on ...
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Mandate
politico.com - 11/5/2008
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politico.com —
Asked if Tuesday’s election results give his party
a mandate, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid just told...
Politico: ““This is a mandate to get along, to get something done in a bipartisan way. This is not a mandate for a political ...
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Reid: 'This is not a mandate for a political party'
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... seeking and also failed to get rid of a key Senate target: Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky. In the first place, talk of “mandates” is, and always has been, irrelevant. What matters is whether the winning candidate has enough votes to move most of their agenda through Congress — and Obama clearly does. He may not have enough votes in the Senate to keep Republicans from blocking everything , but he has enough for all but the most radical measures to pass. Besides, as Jazz Shaw points out, Novak declared 2004 a “mandate” for George Bush. In that election, Bush ...
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yglesias.thinkprogress.org 11/10/2008 — My colleagues and bosses will, of course, have more official things to say on this subject in the morning, but for now look at the issues tab from the Ohio exit polls , that I’ll take as a stand-in for the as-yet-unavailable national numbers:
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Statue honoring fallen Marine recovered, suspect charged
northjersey.com 12/5/2008 — LITTLE FERRY A borough man has been accused of trying to steal a statue erected in honor of fallen Marine Sgt. Matthew Fenton, a borough resident killed in Iraq in 2006, police said. The suspect, Vincent J. McManus, told police he took the statue to ...
Statue honoring fallen Marine recovered, suspect charged
northjersey.com 12/6/2008 — LITTLE FERRY A borough man has been accused of trying to steal a statue erected in honor of fallen Marine Sgt. Matthew Fenton, a borough resident killed in Iraq in 2006, police said. The suspect, Vincent J. McManus, told police he took the statue to ...
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Wash Post Elections 11/4/2008
1. (d), a dog. 2. Track, age 19; Bristol, 17; Willow, 14; Piper, 7; and Trig, 6 months. 3. Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones. 4. Samuel Wurzelbacher. (His middle name is Joseph.) 5. Sinbad. In an interview with washingtonpost.com's Mary Ann Akers, ...
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Wash Post Federal Page 11/4/2008
1. (d), a dog. 2. Track, age 19; Bristol, 17; Willow, 14; Piper, 7; and Trig, 6 months. 3. Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones. 4. Samuel Wurzelbacher. (His middle name is Joseph.) 5. Sinbad. In an interview with washingtonpost.com's Mary Ann Akers, ...
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CNN Political Ticker 11/5/2008
(CNN) — So you’ve just finished a hard-fought campaign for federal office, and after paying off campaign expenses and debts, you find yourself with a tidy surplus of funds left over in your campaign coffers. What’s a candidate to do?
The ...
President-Elect Meets the Press, Cautiously —
Wash Post Elections 11/8/2008
CHICAGO, Nov. 7 -- In his first public appearance since Tuesday's victory speech, President-elect Barack Obama sent a clear signal that he intends to move deliberately during his transition and resist pressure to flesh out details of his governing ...
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