We are NOT Divided!!

I grow so weary of the "divided country" stuff. Liberal commentators keep talking about how Bush now has to govern to the center instead of the "far right" because he won by such a slim margin. Tell me this, did they say the same things when Clinton couldn't muster more than 46% of the vote in 1992?

Look at these numbers (from City Comforts Blog):

year ..... margin ....... candidates

1948 * 04.5%, 114 * Truman/Dewey
1952 * 10.9%, 353 * Eisenhower/Stevenson
1956 * 15.4%, 384 * Eisenhower/Stevenson
1960 * 00.2%, 084 * Kennedy/Nixon
1964 * 22.6%, 434 * Johnson/Goldwater
1968 * 00.7%, 110 * Nixon/Humphrey
1972 * 23.2%, 503 * Nixon/McGovern
1976 * 02.1%, 057 * Carter/Ford
1980 * 09.7%, 440 * Reagan/Carter
1984 * 18.2%, 512 * Reagan/Mondale
1988 * 07.7%, 315 * Bush 1/Dukakis
1992 * 05.6%, 202 * Clinton/Bush 1
1996 * 08.5%, 220 * Clinton/Dole
2000 *-00.5%, 005 * Bush 2/Gore


Bush won by 3+ points and 34 electoral college votes and NOW we're suddenly divided?