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Kevin M. Kruse @KevinMKruse
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Evening news broadcasts have about 22 minutes to present the most urgent issues of the day. This fourth-rate fake scandal doesn't warrant a single second of that time.
"What are the big stories today?"

"2300 children in government care missing? The president threatened to end due process? Harley Davidson leaving? Big Supreme Court rulings on voting?"

"Meh."

"Press Sec politely asked to leave a restaurant?"

"WE HAVE OUR LEAD!"
"Wait, I forgot that the Commerce Secretary got caught in a shady deal, and the EPA administrator offered an explicit quid pro quo for a benefactor, and the Defense Secretary has been frozen out!"

"I said: We have our lead."
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Here’s a thought experiment:

Imagine if Obama hadn’t gotten the Affordable Care Act passed in 2010, even with Democrats in full control of Congress.

Imagine if Obama then made the ACA the central focus in the midterms, but Dems lost 40 seats and control of the House anyway.
Then imagine he demanded billions to fund it anyway, even though Congress and voters had just rejected the idea.

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Hey Washington, DC:

@julianzelizer and I have two events for Fault Lines coming up next week.
First, on the evening of Sunday, January 13th, we'll be holding a book event at @PoliticsProse: politics-prose.com/event/book/kev…
Then, the next day, Monday, January 14th, we'll discuss some of the lessons that Fault Lines offers for Congress today in a noontime lunch discussion with @PolReformNA.

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It's like the end of "Mary Poppins" when she realizes the Banks no longer need her and can take care of themselves. I'm getting a little choked up.
Oof.
(Nixon voice) Good God.
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