If I meant to use the word mandate, I would have used that word. The word “referendum” does not necessarily mean a landslide. In all of those elections people were voting for or against, basically, the status quo. I didn’t say that each election would be a landslide one way or another.Obviously, Some elections are closer than others.
And regarding the one landslide you mentioned, do you really think any of the Republican candidates would have beaten the successor to the martyred JFK? Dream on.
And by the way, don’t forget that Gore won the popular vote. Bush was very, very lucky to have won that election.
Al Gore would have slaughtered Alan Keyes. George Bush defeated him.
Jimmy Carter would have slaughtered Harold Stassen or John Anderson. Ronald Reagan trounced Carter soundly.
Gerald Ford would have trounced Governor Moonbeam. Jimmy Carter squeaked by.
Your statement,
I think the odds on beating Obama won’t be affected that much by who the Republican candidate is
is ignorant and dead-wrong.