Check reality by checking the numbers and you discover the truth.::::::::
The nationwide number of votes for Obama equates to just over 30 percent of the total eligible voter population.
Why is that a mandate in a democracy? When some 70 percent of the people chose NOT to vote for the president, he does NOT have a mandate.

Joel S. Hirschhorn is the author of Delusional Democracy - Fixing the Republic Without Overthrowing the Government. His current political writings have been greatly influenced by working as a senior staffer for the U.S. Congress and for the (
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