MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
Trump’s deal with Democrats shows that controlling the White House and Congress isn’t enough.
By Julia Azeri @ FiveThirtyEight.com, Sept. 11
[....] Since the U.S. system is designed to slow down and complicate attempts at change, even parties in control of the whole government have to learn how to navigate it. What makes that so hard? There are several things that a majority party needs in order to convert political victories into legislative ones, and the GOP doesn’t have them [...]