Dick Cheney, November 3, 2004: “President Bush ran forthrightly on a clear agenda for this nation's future and the nation responded by giving him a mandate.” [Bush won popular vote by 3.4%, electoral by 35.]
Barack Obama, November 4, 2008: “And to those Americans whose support I have yet to earn - I may not have won your vote, but I hear your voices, I need your help, and I will be your President too.” [Obama won popular vote by apprx. 8%, electoral by (most likely) 191)
--Punch
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Nice find. I remember all that mandate talk. Sounded a lot like "but we have more guns than you, Running Bear."
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