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Originally Posted by GatorB
People don't get this. FDR, Reagan and BW are but a few handfuls of presidents that could get congress to do most of what they wanted. And just because his own party may control congress don't think Obama will necessarily get his way. Just ask Jimmy Carter.
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Actually the reason FDR and Reagan (I can't figure out who BW is) were able to get congress to go along is because they won in landslide elections. They had a clear mandate from the people so congress does what it always does....looked out for their own ass.
If a president wins in a very close election, they don't have as much of a mandate and congress feels free to stand up to them.
That's the argument Barack is making against Hillary. She "may" be able to win a 50% + 1 majority in November and get elected, but she'll never bring in the independents and moderate republicans that he will to win in a landslide and have the mandate and political capital to make sweeping changes in Washington.