It makes a lot of sense. Priebus definitely has that “I only get put in charge because I make a presentable pawn” look going for him.

I wonder if, beneath the narrative, Fox News people really believe that Priebus will have the normal degree of control that a chief of staff has.

Mine either, but everything is relative. There’s a part of me that has always been very content doing grunt work for people doing amazing things, and the scientists for whom I could do the dishes, clean the toilets & do the other shit jobs for down there are among them.

Let’s all be honest. How many of us would be tempted to “accidentally” miss our flight back, and all of the other flights back for the next 2-8 years depending on how things go, after this Tuesday?

That’s perfect.

I had planned on a little DotA & Trine 2 action but after Tuesday I might just have to go out and binge watch Preppers.

See, now there’s another guy the Senate Democrats could have used more of. Guys like Biden & Kennedy. Then again, hopefully they can find some of those same “guys” in some of the more diverse sets of people they have elected. I hope the Democrats are very intentionally about grooming new members like Kamala Harris…

On my first day in office I will direct the Department of the Treasury to create a full body mold of me which they can pour the gold at Fort Knox into! This will allow us to double the market value of the United States’ gold reserves instantly!

“This has been a gut-wrenching campaign, as everybody knows, and the nation is just beginning the long healing process,” he continued. “And I think the last thing we need right now is to have a trial about events that occurred six years ago or seven years ago, in which Mr. Trump—President-elect Trump—is a personal…

At a UN climate meeting in Marrakesh this week, China doubled down, asserting that its efforts, and the efforts of other nations to address climate change, will not change if the United States rescinds.

Freedom isn’t free. It blooms by the blood of those who seek it & those who protect it against forces that would take it away

He took the Senate “nuclear” on a narrow basis as it related to federal judges except for the Supreme Court. He avoided doing so on regular bills and SCOTUS appointments.

That could solve the problem.

Believe it or not, I actually agree that Warren would be a poor GE candidate. I mean, a center-left coastal Democrat with 100% name recognition lost to Donald fucking Trump. Why on earth would we think the answer is to move further to the left and stay on the coast with a Democrat who has better name recognition…

Could one other variable be that more people have felt willing to acknowledge to themselves, let alone the world, their status in the last few years?

Clinton did get more people to the polls that Trump though.

I don’t feel like that’s the best way to think about it though.

(although who knows what Trump’s stance is on reinstating child labor)

That’s what most people would have said in 1928, yet the Republicans so thoroughly shit the bed that it happened anyways.

But he’s also just playing the game here as well. End of the day, McConnell wants to retain his power. If he thinks Trump’s ideas threaten that in the intermediate term, then he may try to skate by via letting Democrats stymie Trump’s agenda by not letting debate end on key bills.