To, you have a mandate working with the congress. As Lyndon Johnson said when he get oneresident, you year before they stop thinking about you and start thinking about themselves and their own reelection. In about january of your second year after you have done your year all the members of congress are thinking about their midterm election. Cautious about taking any risk. Tothe president was so eager get things done because this is the moment they will never have again. Are alsoare on they still not as experienced as they will be in for five years. This is why the first year is so. Mportant in setting the agenda i underestimate that. Coded jimmy carter, who is an outsider to that is why jimmy carter was elected. Say i am not of washington, i am um georgia, i am the governor of georgia. Im a born again christian so he was able to separate himself out of watergate. Much as he presented himself to the American People. He thought he would be fine. He had been in atlanta as the governor of
Part of our frontline defense. I still think we have to get the tax bill out of committee and the civil rights bill passed the house. We got to get started in the senate and have a minimum of time. Lyndon johnson recaptured it very well, the promise of the first you. You are elected. You have a mandate working with the congress. As Lyndon Johnson said when he became president , no matter how big the majority you get, you have one year before they, the congress, starts thinking about themselves, their own reelection. At about january of your second year at the have done your first year, all the members of congress are thinking about their midterm election. They are really cautious about taking any risks to help you get your mandate and your agenda through. Earlych is why president s on in their administration persevere to get things done. They feel this is the moment they will never have again. They are also learning the ropes. They are not as experienced as they will be in four or five
Just about everybody. Tomorrow the High Pressure moves in with temperatures back into the 90s and 100s for many. The areas like concord, livermore and gilroy, they will be warmer but today cooler with 50s and 60s, low cloud deck with 50s, 60s and 70s with lower 90s. Do we have anything serious to get to . Tom petty on satellite radio has a us show, buried treasure. He plays fantastic music we know he canceled his concert for laryngitis and we hope he gets better. Thank you for the tip. Get the radio on and get in the car, right now we have some slowing. It has been a pretty quiet day, the best of the week so far when it comes to traffic. We had a definite problem but today we have had ordinary traffic like this slow down into the san rafael bridge, it is slow. We have traffic getting out to the bay bridge from the carquinez bridge, 31 minutes from the carquinez bridge to the maccarthur maze, 15 minutes at the toll plaza before getting onto the bay bridge span. Driving southbound inters
Months brutal murder of Tricia Mccauley the suspect Dwayne Johnson had several run ins with the law arrested ive times times in 2016 and a week before he killed mccally was ordered by a judge to wear an ankle bracelet and never returned to court to get one. Also this morning a break in a case hauntsing a family for weeks. A man was last seen as family Bethesda Home last month. Now a person that police believed may have answers about his disappearance is in custody. Fox 5 Melanie Alnwick in bethesda this morning with more. Good morning. Good morning, allison, steve, december 13 when john donna jp ho was last seen at parents house 2 1 2 miles from where he lives he in bez bethesda. Hes well known in this area and grown up in this area and police are not identifying the woman who was arrested yes bays they have a lot of questions for her and still have a lot of information theyre trying to get. They dont want to jeopardize the investigation. But donnaho and this woman did not know each ot
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