Presidential election, 2016

[Bob Butler 54]

(12-27-2016, 11:15 AM)Warren Dew Wrote:

(12-27-2016, 06:35 AM)Eric the Green Wrote:

Of course, the Republicans in the House won both the popular vote and the number of seats.  I guess that means the House Republicans are the ones with the mandate.  I'm happy if the Senate and President become a rubber stamp for whatever gets through the House.

And yet, the presidential election turned into a referendum on a Maverick running against the Establishment, with it pretty clear that the Establishment wasn't popular.

I don't think anyone has a mandate, yet everyone will attempt to govern as if they have one. The result will be that whomever succeeds in forcing their perspective on everyone else is apt to become unpopular and have trouble the next election cycle.

At the moment, we are in a severely divided place. Confrontation and stalemate is much more likely than usual. This is 3T behavior on steroids. Eventually we're collectively going to have to grow up. I don't see an immediate likelihood of that happening. In the meantime, cooperation and compromise is out of season, as is good governance.