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marylandblue

(12,344 posts)
Mon Nov 21, 2016, 10:44 AM Nov 2016

Donald Trump as the last Reaganite

Series of two articles on 4 possible ways the Trump presidency may play out and how it would look if he is the last gasp of the Reagan regime. It's good news for 2020 Democrats, but it will be a very bumpy ride in the meantime.

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How will we know whether Trump is a disjunctive president or is a reconstructive president who is about to establish a new Trumpian regime? We really won't know for some time. But the central difference is that in reconstructive presidencies, the new leader unites an energized party around a common set of values, interests, and agendas that overwhelms the political opposition. In a disjunctive presidency, the new leader can't keep his party's coalition together and so it is every person for him or herself. This lack of unity allows the opposition party to grow stronger and enables the opposition to seize the political agenda in the next election. (Again, think of the period between 1976 and 1980, or between 1824 and 1828)

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https://balkin.blogspot.com/2016/11/what-kind-of-president-will-trump_13.html

https://balkin.blogspot.com/2016/11/what-kind-of-president-will-trump.html

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