We shouldn't have to have recess appointments in order to get qualified jurists to the bench. Bush won a popular majority with 51% of the vote and 4 million more votes than Kerry in the election. It was and is a mandate. In the end the President will win this fight, and we can send them all packing when they come up for reelection. They have messed with the wrong people in this fight. Both social and fiscal conservatives are united in this fight, and the back stabbers will feel the political pain.
It's a mandate, but since it was a little closer than you stated, it was Bush (50.73%) to Kerry (48.27%), which is a 2.46% margin. This translates to a 'popular' vote victory of 3,012,499 votes over Kerry. Not quite the 4 million votes that you posit...
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