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FBN’s Lou Dobbs breaks down the Presidential election along with its impact on the makeup of the Senate and House.
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The president -- will break his relative silence on the fiscal -- this Friday.
When he heads to exploit factored Pennsylvania at a push for a for tax hikes on most operators the wealthy.
The last we heard from the president was after the election when he gave a news conference saying a majority of us agree with his approach.
In -- -- A mandate to raise taxes.
-- tonight we want to take that quote unquote mandate.
In put it into some some context and perspective.
This is the president's 2012 victory.
-- -- -- And and this is the mandates.
That -- point six.
To vote for Romney 47 point -- -- -- seven point eight.
Electoral votes 332332.
After makes more room here.
To Romney's 206.
Now that's impressive.
But there's something this and what's missing.
Our seven and a half million.
People seven and a half million voters.
From 2008.
He received then and on the right -- over here.
He received 53%.
Of the vote.
To McCain's 46%.
-- more -- don't you think 365.
Electoral votes to 173.
On McCain.
So.
-- That's that's quite a little references seven I have million vote fall off and the popular vote.
And a far less impressive electoral victory this year.
Let's look at the legislative branch let's look at the senate and the house every 55.
Democratic senator.
SP five democratic senators in the -- -- 45 of them will be Republican.
And just 200 democratic representatives to 234.
In the house of -- present.
For -- starting to -- the little wobbly isn't it.
To get down to hear that looks pretty impressive for the Republicans.
And by the way when you combine the senate and the house there's the whole lot more Republicans -- Capitol Hill of them there are.
Democrats.
So the president's big.
Ideological mandate seems to -- -- -- when you start looking at Bab and you look at the state government where there are and will be.
Thirty Republican governors.
Thirty Republican governors there'll be in nineteen Democrats.
Across the country and one independent.
And 26 state legislatures will be control -- six state legislatures.
Will be controlled.
By Republican nineteen.
Will be controlled by Democrats.
Nineteen -- them and or we'll have split control.
So Nebraska's legislature is nonpartisan and it makes it.
-- -- -- -- and here's another interest in little break to 23 of these states 23.
23 of the states.
Will have.
Republican controllable legislature and the -- House and control both houses of the legislature.
Fourteen states fourteen states.
We'll be democratic -- and having both democratic governors and democratic legislatures -- controllable thousand.
So if you boy even mandates this thing gets a little complicated.
It looks pretty strong for Republicans who seem to be receiving politically at least according to the national liberal media.
So I think maybe.
We should to sort of stop and ask ourselves as we look at the broad canvas of the country in the political power state and federal.
Just to -- That has the mandate.
