With the majority of the justices upholding the law, the president instead focused his speech after the decision on trying to win over the majority of Americans who remain skeptical.
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Even if the Socialists win a majority in the 155-seat parliament, they have promised to share power.
If Republicans can't oppose a tax increase in a weak economy, they don't deserve to win the Senate majority.
But even if Democrats did win the House majority, top Gephardt advisers believe he would still seek the Democratic presidential nomination.
With most U.S. precincts tallied, the popular vote was 51.9% for Obama and 46.8% for McCain, making the Illinois senator the first Democrat to win a majority of the popular vote since 1976.
Moreover, even if Ms Bhutto and Mr Sharif remain in exile, the king's party may not win a majority at the polls.
If Todd and his backers, known as the United Group, win written consent of the majority of outstanding shares by the annual meeting on Dec. 2, Garvey is out.
He is the first Democrat since Jimmy Carter to win a majority of the popular vote, a vindication of his "50-state strategy" that even some in his own party once viewed as quixotic.
The Republicans could not win a national majority without the support of Protestant immigrants from Germany in cities like Milwaukee and St.
Meanwhile, leaders of the nation's two opposition parties said if their groups win a majority in the elections, they will form a "consensus, " according to Wasif Syed, spokesman for the Pakistan People's Party -- Bhutto's party.
If he battles Obama for the heart and soul of Latinos, he still won't win a majority of the vote.
Even now, most polls suggest that the conservatives and their likely post-election allies, the Free Democrats, will not win an absolute majority of the vote.
His Social Democrats and their most likely partners, the Greens, would have to win a Bundestag majority against the three parties of Helmut Kohl's present centre-right coalition plus the Party of Democratic Socialism.
And he's probably hoping that the next two years can be used effectively to further undermine the GOP and win back a Democratic majority in the House.
So if the Florida Supreme Court were to rule in favour of Mr Gore, and were he to win a majority of the recounted vote, the legislature would almost certainly appoint a Bush slate.
Yet, despite popular dissatisfaction with New Democracy, the polls suggest that Pasok may not win an outright majority in the 300-seat parliament.
If the Social Democrats were to win only a narrow majority in the Bundestag, along with their preferred coalition partners, the Greens, Mr Lafontaine might be dispatched to become the majority's leader in parliament.
Both party leaders in the Senate appeared supportive of the effort, a positive sign for backers hoping to win a solid majority in the full chamber.
In the October 2010 elections to succeed President Lula, she narrowly failed to win an outright majority in the first round.
Although the council remains under a Conservative majority, the win is being regarded as a significant victory ahead of the county council election in May.
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Defence and political analyst Hasan Askari Rizvi says that while the PML-N may improve its standing comparative to the PPP, neither group is likely to win a straight majority out of the 275 seats up for grabs.
But he was unable to win a majority in the Senate, where it counts.
This has enabled Mr. Correa to win a majority in the constituent assembly which approved the constitution.
Mr Bersani was projected initially to win a majority in the Senate, where seats are decided region by region.
However, such an outcome could be avoided should a moderate party win a majority in the Greek elections, securing the country's future in the eurozone, he said.
He hopes that within a decade the Republicans can win the argument, the presidency and a controlling majority of both houses of Congress, whereupon the drowning can commence.
Though failure to win a majority in the upper house is not going to force a change of government, the election has turned into a referendum on Mr Hashimoto's leadership.
The plans will be debated and voted on in Parliament, but ministers hope they will win the argument with a pro-nuclear majority in the Commons.
With neither the Liberals nor their chief opponents, the Conservatives, likely to win a majority, Mr Duceppe will hold great influence in the weeks ahead.
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