Yglesias getting pushback on the above and answering it with a very interesting blunt argument. (Say what you're thinking aloud Matt, with no fear-he's getting awful emboldened by being an independent writer with no ladder to climb anymore?!)

I think they think different, gotta get their agents in there before it's all settled or it's curtains on their agenda(s) whatever they may be. Kind of interesting to me that they think the people in the executive branch have so much power, while the way it's supposed to work is power to stop anything or start anything is actually with Congress. They want some bully pulpit action on their agenda(s), thinking that will offset their being a minority that has not convinced the majority of the public yet? To me, it's sad and bassackwards that we always end up doing it that way. Fixing the gerrymandering problem would help right this situation, but that ability's been lost for another long period with so many state houses going GOP once again.