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Reid's Read on the Mandate

9:41 PM, Nov 4, 2008 • By MARY KATHARINE HAM
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You'll be glad to know, that in his celebratory speech, Sen. Harry Reid said that the mandate Democrats got tonight is not a mandate for a "political party or for an ideology," but for coming together.

I imagine they'll flip-flop on that in about two weeks. The ideological mandate is what they're after, but let's remember what Reid said tonight and remind him of it frequently.