The Economist on whether Obama has won a mandate and what he might do

NOW that Barack Obama has won re-election, politicians and pundits are debating whether the president has a “mandate” from the American people and, if so, what that mandate entails. Naysayer Jamie Chandler argues that "second term mandates are nonexistent" and Charles Krauthammer says that "Obama...

http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2012/11/presidential-mandates

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