As for Barry...as it turns out, what with the debacles over the stimulus and health care...he didn't have such a mandate...after all.
Debacle? The debacle of doing exactly what he wanted to do?
As opposed to doing exactly what the American people wanted him to do?
This whole "mandate" thing will be settled in just a few weeks.
If the American people elect politicians who support the President's legislation then there was a public mandate.
If the American people elect politicians who will remove, defund or gut the President's legislation then there wasn't a public mandate to start with.

