Republicans and Democrats are treating the 2012 election like a mandate. Theya re both wrong.

The fact that a major party could even propose anything like this is a display of astonishing contempt for democratic norms.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2013/09/29/republicans-and-democrats-are-treating-the-2012-election-like-a-mandate-theyre-both-wrong/