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> Just about the only thing Congress has been doing for the last 6 years is preventing the president from doing anything. That is correct. And the electorate

• mwfunk 10y ago
  So, you're saying that Obama winning in 2012 was a validation by the electorate of the work he did during his first term? I can see that. Well, since by your logic the electorate has already validated the ACA, I'm sure that the incumbent won't do anything to change it. Based on your username, you're clearly a thoughtful, mature, and rational person, who is constantly fretting over details and being their own worst critic and relentlessly playing devil's advocate with their own beliefs in pursuit of the truth. So by your logic, Clinton winning in 1992 and 1996 was clearly a validation by the electorate of Democratic policies in the '90s. I'm sure those policies will find a resurgence under Trump, since as you say elections represent the will of the country as a whole, and not something far more complicated than that. It's so refreshing living in such a black and white world, where everything's simple to understand.