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Originally Posted by shakran
Maybe. Remember that the Democrats were elected in '06 to stop the war, and yet we're still there. Just because the people want something doesn't mean the sons-a-bitches in office will do it.
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That wasn't exactly black and white. The way i see it 2006 wasn't a mandate, it was simply the Dems gaining a bit of ground. I think Obama was the mandate, considering that he won by nearly 10 million votes, and now we're (hopefully) headed in the right direction with Iraq.
Anyway, you're right to point out it isn't exactly as simple as I posted, but it's where you start. We're representative democracies, after all.