... and make the next POTUS John Kerry a weak president without a big mandate at the same time.)
Is there a subtle flaw here? If either Kerry or Bush is elected they will have a big mandate. It just won't be from the people, but the corporate purchasers. I fear the "people's mandate" can no longer be given through the present electoral process.
Dan Scanlan
The larger the shares of popular votes for the Democratic and Republican presidential candidates, the bigger the next POTUS's mandate will be, though the mandate is more apparent than real, as you say. -- Yoshie
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