Structure structures in our political system, as envisioned by the founders, that sometimes theyre going to disadvantage democrats, but the truth of the matter is, is that if we have a strong message, if were speaking to what the American People care about, typically you know, the popular vote and the Electoral College vote will align, and i guess part of my overall message here as i leave for the holidays is that if we looked for one explanation or one silver bullet, or one easy fix for our politics, then were probably
initiative and School Nutrition program is a greater threat to democracy than our government going after the press if theyre issuing a story we dont like. I mean thats an issue that i think weve got to wrestle with. And we will. People asked me how do you feel after the election . I say well, look, this is a clarifying moment. Its a useful reminder that voting counts, politics counts, what the President Elect is going to be doing is going to be very different than what
Lets face it. The big show is going to be the Supreme Court. And i think also the planned parenthood funding. Some republicans are squishy on that. One other thing he said this morning that will cause concerns on the hill from his party was talking about a border tax, instituting a border tax on companies that ship jobs overseas. Thats something when he talked about that after the election, republicans were running away from that. Majority leader of the house, Kevin Mccarthy warned it could start a trade war. Paul ryan started to distance himself from that saying well worry about doing this in a larger tax reform bill. Trump today made it very clear that he wants to go that route. As president , you do have fairly wide latitude to impose tariffs. Does he carry through with some of those threats . I agree with karen. A lot of stuff is symbolic. We knew tpp was dead. A symbolic move. When we get into details of legislative push on obamacare and Supreme Court nominee and on doing things l