… It’s fine, of course, to employ legislative strategies to encourage the other side to compromise or to score political points and curry favor with the voters.
But the trick is to hold out for the best deal possible while at the same time looking serious, thoughtful, measured and reasonable. Looking unreasonable, extreme and delusional usually is not the best approach.
Yet, once again, some Republicans seem more interested in turning lemonade into lemons, this time involving the funding of the Department of Homeland Security and their efforts to undo the president’s immigration plan. CONT.
Stuart Rothenberg, Roll Call