“Sometimes a president’s agenda crashes and burns in dramatic fashion, flaming out for all the political world to see, forcing a course correction by the Oval Office occupant and his allies in the Capitol,” the Washington Post reports.
“Think John McCain flashing a thumbs down on the Senate floor during the summer of 2017, providing the 51st vote to kill President Donald Trump’s bid to repeal the Affordable Care Act.”
“But far more often a presidential agenda just fades into the backdrop of political noise as a midterm election approaches, dying for all intents and purposes many months before Senate leaders are forced to pronounce that the issue won’t get a vote even if they promise to keep fighting.”
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