1/ This strikes me as right about the weakening of the presidency and the rise of the generals.https://twitter.com/HeerJeet/status/900740497328586755 …
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Replying to @samuelmoyn
Loss of "the bully pulpit" as Exhibit A? It's been a cottage industry of poli sci for years that there is no such thing as a bully pulpit.
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Replying to @CoreyRobin @samuelmoyn
In general, the whole piece looks like desperate scrambling, trying to hold onto a thesis, any version of a thesis, as the empirical support
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Replying to @CoreyRobin @samuelmoyn
falls away. Keynes changed his mind as the facts change. This crew just tries to rebrand the thesis.
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Replying to @CoreyRobin @samuelmoyn
Also, the notion that Congress is not checking the president is risible. It's unprecedented how much this Congress is controlling a
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Replying to @CoreyRobin @samuelmoyn
president representing their own party. Matt Glassman had some excellent comparisons, saying you'd have to reach back to John Tyler for
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Replying to @CoreyRobin @samuelmoyn
something comparable. The Russian sanctions bill, the recess appointments, the attempts to limit his ability to fire Mueller, etc.
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This is all related to Russia which I think is in keeping with what we're seeing with the rise of the Generals (power of military consensus)
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