tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585635149883470944.post860404639924786958..comments2023-12-01T14:09:28.947+00:00Comments on Polemic's Pains: It's all down to one man.Polemichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05985506596290073453noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585635149883470944.post-8504948301146006422016-12-22T02:05:33.255+00:002016-12-22T02:05:33.255+00:00Is it faith in one man (Trump) or is it a reaction...Is it faith in one man (Trump) or is it a reaction to unifying US gov't under Republican leadership? Can the Republicans continue to gain political benefit from policy failure? <br /><br />'The obstruction grew out of narrow political incentives. “If Republicans didn’t cooperate,” Obama told me, “and there was not a portrait of bipartisan cooperation and a functional federal government, then the party in power would pay the price and they could win back the Senate and/or the House. That wasn’t an inaccurate political calculation.” ' -From https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/01/my-president-was-black/508793/<br /><br />Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18358791639561137551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585635149883470944.post-19177219977352650492016-12-14T17:59:17.766+00:002016-12-14T17:59:17.766+00:00I think a great passage from the popular book &quo...I think a great passage from the popular book "Influence" reinforces the probability that the market might be getting ahead of itself in thinking that Trump will be able to enact all the pro-growth and pro-business policies he has espoused. <br /><br />"Political analysts were amazed at Lyndon Johnson's ability to get so many of his programs through Congress during his early administration. Even members of Congress who were thought to be strongly opposed to the proposals were voting from them. Close examination of political scientists has found the cause to be not so much Johnson's political savvy as the large score of favors he had been able to provide to other legislators during his many years of power in the House and Senate. As President, he was able to produce a truly remarkable amount of legislation in a short time by calling in those favors. It is interesting that the same process may account for the problems Jimmy Carter had in getting his programs through Congress during his early administration, despite heavy Democratic majorities in both House and Senate. Carter came to the presidency from outside the Capital Hill establishment. He campaigned on his outside Washington identity, saying that he was indebted to no one. Much of his legislative difficulty upon arriving may be traced to the fact that no one there was indebted to him."<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com