MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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By Ryan Grim @ The Intercept, Aug. 18
[....] The biggest problem vexing the Trump administration in Congress has been its inability to fuse the conservative and establishment wings of the party into a coalition that can actually pass an agenda. There is now nobody at a senior level charged to work with conservatives. To paraphrase the over-quoted Walter Sobchak: “Say what you want about the tenets of National Socialism, Dude, at least it’s an ethos.”
“Who in the White House is going to handle that portfolio?” said Sam Geduldig, a Republican lobbyist who works closely with the Freedom Caucus. “There is a lack of a conservative who conservatives view as one of their own in this White House, and that could impact the congressional agenda.”
The most senior figure in the White House with real political experience may just be Mick Mulvaney, a burn-it-all-down former congressman from South Carolina, who was swept in by the tea party wave. He is the director of the Office of Management and Budget.
The most senior figure in the administration more broadly who has conservatives’ trust is Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who Trump recently went to war against. His former aide, Stephen Miller, is similarly trusted by conservatives. [.....]
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He mentions one Democrat. Cohn. Economy guy. No others. More Intercept verbal click bait diarrhea.
Trump's administration is loaded with sociopathic Republican crackpots and billionaires.
by NCD on Mon, 08/21/2017 - 11:19am
Yeah I know, their title is inaccurate, but I was interested in the part speculating about who is left to reach out to the Freedom Caucus types. Because Kelly seems on a goal of solidifying that Republican establishment types are in charge. It remains to be seen if Miller and Gorka will be kept on and even if so, many do not see them as consequential. For example, from this Aug. 18 Washington Examiner piece
Sessions is actually a wild card, we know he's ultra conservative but at the same time we don't know what's in that crazy little head about all these factions and about Trump himself. He's in a role both Independent of the White House and Congress if he so wishes and with the Mueller investigation another wild card. Sessions with a President Pence could do a lot of culture wars damage? As opposed to crazed narcissicist drawing all the attention away from getting anything done every day?
I am interested in what happens here for the bigger picture of being a catalyst for, or tamping down, factionalization of both parties. Trump vs. Congress, it feeds factionalization, Trump with a more unified GOP in Congress behind him, it goes back towards two polarized parties.
by artappraiser on Mon, 08/21/2017 - 1:24pm
Martin Longman Washington Monthly prognostications in February said when Trump excluded Democrats and went full right wing bonkers he basically ended his presidency as the GOP is too divided to unite on any major legislation.
17 days in September looms large for this band of me first, Party second, country.....be damned.
by NCD on Mon, 08/21/2017 - 2:00pm