tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067977173951690762.post207085932200652949..comments2023-10-05T08:44:09.303-07:00Comments on JG, Caesarea: Maureen Dowd, "Joe Biden in 2016: What Would Beau Do?": Empress Hillary Has No ClothesJeffrey Grossmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01847518948270295312noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067977173951690762.post-62093715636087796682015-08-02T09:53:19.572-07:002015-08-02T09:53:19.572-07:00Ms. Dowd has not bothered to read what has become ...Ms. Dowd has not bothered to read what has become a powerful predictor of presidential succession (it was the core reading for my "History of the Presidency" class in 2004) :<br /><br />"The politics presidents make : leadership from John Adams to George Bush " Author: Skowronek, Stephen. <br /><br />"...The author aims to demonstrate that presidents are persistent agents of change, continually disrupting and transforming the political landscape. But each president also inherits a particular political context, a regime shaped by his predecessors which he either rejects or affirms. Presidential leadership needs to be understood in "political time". Who is a new president replacing? What previous programme is he extending or rejecting? And how strong is the resistance to his new agenda? ..."<br /><br />So, the Democrats are doubling down on wanting Obama's 3rd term with a coalition of African-Americans, single women, young people, and they think the Class of 1968 (Hillary, Biden, Sanders) will be a winner when it was Nixon who won in 1968 and 1972?<br /><br />Skrowenek's theory will not work if Jeb Bush is the GOP 2016 nominee unless Jim Webb somehow gets the Democratic nomination.<br /><br />My sincere apologies, but my ironic dream ticket is currently Brangelina. The Dems get their symbolic female, but one who has superb diplomatic skills, the GOP gets a VP who likes guns, and everyone gets a team they can respect, now that they are married.<br /><br />k<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com