11-09-2016, 11:28 AM
(11-09-2016, 10:56 AM)michaelsean Wrote: I don't think he is going to get rubber stamped by the Republican congress. I didn't see the final Senate numbers, but it will only take a few Republicans to stop anything, and there will be more than a few willing. Maybe Congress starts working together. Democrats are praying this continues to be the "party of no".
This was what I was saying to my wife. The Senate is the body of stability in our government and is typically (not always, but usually) the more pragmatic and responsible, they are the trustees of our country. It's either going to be 53-47 or 52-48 once all the votes are counted, I think, so it won't be easy to just push things through.
One thing to keep in mind, though, is that both chambers have been seeing a polarization as far as ideology is concerned. I don't know whether Trump's elected will serve to further that divide, or reverse it. It will be interesting to see. Policy mood in general tends to be a negative correlation to the ideology of the party in power, and it was more conservative now than it had been in the history of the measurement. So the trends that will occur now will be interesting to watch.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
