John Podhoretz: The Bush mistake that Trump might repeat

[TomSea]

Excerpted:

The Bush mistake that Trump might repeat
By John Podhoretz
November 16, 2016

Practically speaking, then, Trump is roughly where George W. Bush was when Bush assumed the presidency in 2000. Like Bush, Trump won around 48 percent (though he won 30 more electoral votes), and lost the popular vote.

It is long forgotten that Bush took office having appointed a very conservative cabinet — and then set himself the task of getting a major piece of legislation passed through bipartisan means. He teamed up with Teddy Kennedy on the No Child Left Behind Act. Conservatives hate that bill like poison.

9/11 and its aftermath changed the partisan dynamic Bush had sought to kick into gear, but until then he was aiming to win re-election as a bipartisan problem-solver. What if the noise surrounding Trump’s transition is meaningless, and he tries to do something similar?

Don’t forget that Trump has often said a colossal infrastructure bill is his first priority. To pass that, he’ll have to go bipartisan — he’ll need at least half a dozen Democratic senators to support it, since he’ll have to beat back a filibuster and votes against it by the likes of Rand Paul and Ben Sasse. But Chuck Schumer will be happy to make that deal.

http://nypost.com/2016/11/16/the-bush-mistake-that-trump-might-repeat/

[EasyAce]

From the article:

Trump won enormous numbers of extremely conservative voters. Yet the candidate they championed might begin his
tenure with a bill that rivals Obama’s stimulus package in size.

Once upon a time such bills were called "investing in America." (Droopy-Drawers Clinton tried it as his first raid on taxpayer
pockets and it actually proved too much even for his own party on Crapola Hill.) Whenever you hear "investing in America"
or "stimulus package," put your hands over your pockets and insist, "Over my limp frame!" ;)

[IsailedawayfromFR]

Another tiring article about the loss of the majority of the popular vote.

Trump was not elected by the popular vote.  He was elected because he secured the majority electoral vote.

Same reason the GOP secured a majority of the state houses in the last election.

Popular vote means nothing.