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14. Republican senate will probably reject 2 or 3 of Trump's nominees to prove their "independence"
Sun Dec 11, 2016, 05:48 PM
Dec 2016

Tillerson was a stretch, but Trump's playing this exactly right: put forward your stretch goal nominees, let a complete shitstorm descend around a couple people, and after all the outrage from the opposition is focused on them, drop them and replace with "compromise" nominees (i.e. establishment Republicans). talk about how you listened to "the people" and sincerely honored their requests for moderation. meanwhile, sneak everyone else through under the radar. then brag to your supporters about how you made a Great Deal and got 90% of what you asked for.

there is no one point at which Americans really say "enough", and even if we did, we don't really get a chance to do anything about it until 2018. by then, the next Great War On Something will have broken out, so it would be highly disloyal to vote against the wishes of the Trump administration.

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