6/ There is a convention in politics to pretend that incumbent, having won, represents all, and will pursue policies benefiting all if poss
16/ These habits are strong. We are tempted to drop substantive opposition/option creation and go ceremonial the moment someone wins
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17/ We see this playing out now. People playing the "deplorability scorecard" game assigning points to every new appointee.
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18/ It's as though we believe there is a magic scale where if he scores D- on a "didn't enable awful forces" card, it's detente not conflict
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