what will be Kerrys mandate if he wins Dem nomination?

[tobius]

He has won an overwhelming majority of primaries/caucuses. His poll numbers point to an unstoppable march to victory as ultimate victor for nomination.

The mandate for Democrats will be....?

Support for the Patriot Act with some tweaking?

Support for NAFTA with the aim for some minor changes ie; chapter 11..?

Support tax cuts, but fight to raise them for high earners..?

Oppose gay marriage, rally for civil unions..?

Keep NCLB but increase funding...?

Automatic citizenship for immigrants in the military- increase military by 40,000 but no draft..?

Support National Missile Defense ASAP...?

Or what? Please help

[mopinko]

1. get elected

repay his friends. period. ok, maybe get re-elected in 4 years.

[HFishbine]

2. You're thinking to big. The only mandate will be

to not be Bush.

[MINEMAN]

3. 19 years

When you vote on issues for 19 years, i think at some point you have to hold your nose and just vote.

[Pegleg Thd]

4. His mandate will be

to ABOLISH EVERYTHING bushit has put in. This includes the "?patriot acts 1 &2?", homeland insecurity-so we can fly again, the tax cuts for the rich & infamous, and the social insecurity scheme. He will also be mandated to get criminal indictments against all of the rupuke conspirators.

[goobergunch]

5. He voted for PATRIOT and Homeland Security (n/t)

[killbotfactory]

6. Sorry to disappoint you, but...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=336677

You should probably read this thread and article.

[killbotfactory]

7. Not to appoint nutjobs to the courts...

That's pretty much all his mandate will be.

[Darkseid69]

8. If he gets the Nom

his mandate will be to get Bush out of the White House. Period.

[justinpower]

9. To ensure Hillary

that she will be the nominee in 2008

[Cheswick2.0]

10. his mandate will be to change as little as possible

and try to win the race by announcing appeasement measure after appeasement measure to make sure the big bucks keep coming into democratic party coffers. Who cares if they will deliver the goods just like the republicans only for 1/4 of the money, kind of like a 10 dollar hooker.

[Voltaire99]

11. You left out "Perpetuate American imperialism..."

See William Greider's February 23 Nation piece, "Questions for Kerry," in which he probes the more than passing similarity between Kerry and the Bush regime's views on US military force.

It's a shame that we're being handed another tepid centrist under the shibboleth of "electability." After our laws and policies have been pushed so far to the right by Bush, we really deserve and need better.

[poskonig]

12. a clean environment,

tax fairness, health care access, a cooperative foreign policy, and so forth.

Some are desperate to believe that a liberal can't beat Bush in the polls, so Kerry must be conservative. But their candidate (whether it be the pro-life Kucinich to the pro-NRA Dean) is always somehow the liberal Messiah. I'm sick of it. Everybody has their strengths and weaknesses.

[tobius]

13. bush vs bush lite-- if that's the choice, who will win?

( rhetorical, of course )

[snippy]

20. Kerry, since Bush is the biggest liar ever to set foot in Washington, DC.

Bush lies compulsively and incessantly about everything. There is no subject too serious, somber, or shallow for Bush not to lie about it. As average Americans who do not follow politics begin to mock Bush for his dishonesty he will sink lower and lower, eventually ending up back under his rock.

[lcordero]

14. the status quo, just like always

[stickdog]

15. Fight in Vietnam rather than hide from the Texas ANG.

That's basically it, AFAICT.

[jpgray]

16. To be the anti-Bush. (nt)

[revcarol]

17. to continue corporate imperialism.

n/t

[tobius]

18. OK, some great answers but if he runs on being almost bush

that leaves being angry at bush or implying that on policy there is mostly agreement but he won't be "evil". Is ABB strong enough to attract the independents or undecideds? I guess this uneasy feeling I'm getting is that when it comes down to the wire is he only going to run as the anti-bush? If so, is that enough to win?

[snippy]

19. The same as every nominee of every major party in the history of the US.

To get elected or at least keep it close.

The coprophagic freepers who deceptively and mendaciously post here are annoying. Like Bush himself, these people have no honor or integrity and are incapable of honesty.