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There will be a lot of GOP wailing about the absence of bi-partisanship. But when you think about it, why should there be any? The Democrats won a 78 seat majority in the House and a 60-40 majority in the Senate. If one wants to talk about a "public mandate", the Democrats got one in 2008...big time.
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That's the mistake that every majority makes - thinking that they won a mandate on every single issue. That is simply not the case. Many people voted Democratic because of the war, others because of the economy, others because they were disillusioned with deficit spending by the Republicans, others because of social issues, others because they didn't like Palin, etc., etc. If health care had been the single major issue of the campaign, then the Dems would be correct in assuming that they had a mandate. It was not and they do not. If they were astute they would look at the polling data to see that the public is not behind their position.