Source: Washington Post
by George F Will
“When our first populist president, Andrew Jackson, claimed that his 1832 reelection constituted a broad mandate for his entire agenda, his nemesis Sen. Henry Clay demurred: ‘Sir, the truth is, that the reelection of the president proves as little an approbation by the people of all the opinions he may hold … as it would prove that if the president had a carbuncle … they meant, by reelecting him, to approve of his carbuncle.'” (01/17/25)