So Clinton's plan as president is to lure Republicans into compromise by getting them drunk? https://t.co/1C1PS0oczQ pic.twitter.com/IibKYeFkuQ
— Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) July 3, 2016
@jonathanchait Sober wasn't working.
— james richardson (@outofideas4anam) July 3, 2016
Bleary-eyed Paul Ryan rolls out of bed, sees headline, "GOP Agrees To Infrastructure Plan," asks, "What did I do?"
— Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) July 3, 2016
@jonathanchait wait til he notices the tattoo.
— John Schwartz (@jswatz) July 3, 2016
… but no unicorn ponies! (Why does she hate progressives who love unicorns?!?)… Given the NYTimes‘ reflexive anti-Clinton (and anti-Obama) bias, this isn’t too bad a profile:
Should she win the presidency, Hillary Clinton would quickly try to find common ground with Republicans on an immigration overhaul and infrastructure spending, risking the wrath of liberals who would like nothing more than to twist the knife in a wounded opposition party.
In her first 100 days, she would also tap women to make up half of her cabinet in hopes of bringing a new tone and collaborative sensibility to Washington, while also looking past Wall Street to places like Silicon Valley for talent — perhaps wooing Sheryl Sandberg from Facebook, and maybe asking Tim Cook from Apple to become the first openly gay cabinet secretary…
Her opening might be a narrow one. She faces skepticism on the right about her willingness to compromise and her potential use of executive actions, and there is outright suspicion on the left that she might sell out progressive goals for the sake of bipartisan action with Republicans.
Still, Democrats close to her say she has a real touch with power brokers in both parties that could yield surprising results…
Her calculation is that she will be dealing with a Republican Party that is deeply fractured and demoralized after the defeat of Mr. Trump, whose leaders will be searching for ways to show they can govern and to court Hispanics if Mr. Trump loses badly with them. Mrs. Clinton also thinks a huge Democratic turnout this fall would put the Senate back in her party’s hands, while Speaker Paul D. Ryan and the Republicans would have a reduced majority in the House.
What Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Clinton do not know — but regularly explore in conversations, according to friends — is whether Republican leaders, even if their power is diminished, would be in a mood to cooperate…
Mrs. Clinton has assigned three top aides — Ann O’Leary, Ed Meier and Sara Latham — to oversee transition planning, reporting to Mr. Podesta. Clinton advisers say they do not expect Mr. Clinton to be constantly visible in the early months beyond whatever duties Mrs. Clinton gives him on economic policy and foreign affairs. The Clintons’ priority is that he does not do anything that distracts from her agenda or overshadows her as the country gets used to having a former president (and a man) in the role of first spouse…
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