Legal Commentary

49%

By Big Tent Democrat

On Tuesday, Marco Rubio won a smashing victory in the Florida Senate race. He won 49% of the vote. A mandate! But 49% means something different when Dems garner it:

Clinton caught a series of lucky breaks from events and from his own enemies. And the comeback only won him 49 percent of the vote: The man widely regarded as one of the most talented Democratic politicians of modern history never commanded a majority in a national election.

The man in Florida who won a smashing victory never commanded a majority in a statewide election. Somehow I don't expect that line to be written. The Beltway is soooo predictable.

Speaking for me only

Full post as published by TalkLeft on November 04, 2010 (boomark / email).