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0 pointsfixermark12y ago0 comments

When you work in a body with a 13% public approval rating, you'd think there would be little effect political suicide could have.

More seriously: I think it'd be a wild-card maneuver, but I honestly don't know that it would be political suicide. Some people are angry at Congress for being ineffective. Some people are angry at the administration for failing to check the powers it has been given along lines of "decency" and restraint. I don't think those people would be sad to see Congress start using its authority as a non-executive branch.

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talmand12y ago

Who cares what the public thinks? They'll worry over how their party and the opposing party will react to it. There's probably a reason it hasn't been done in almost 100 years. It would be political suicide because they would likely be shunned amongst their own peers.

When you're in theater, you don't kick the other actors off the stage. The others might do the same to you.

Never mind the press going crazy over the silly headlines they'll be able to craft regardless of the actual situation.

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talmand12y ago

When you're in theater, you don't kick the other actors off the stage. The others might do the same to you.

Never mind the press going crazy over the silly headlines they'll be able to craft regardless of the actual situation.

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