Saturday, July 20, 2024

Whose Side Are You On?

I am not addressing that question to J.D. Vance.


 
In fact, the skills needed for campaigning are very different from those of presiding over the government of a republic. That was part of the rationale for the Electoral College. See Hamilton’s remarks about “the low arts of popularity” in the Federalist.
Ironically, Trump has never won the popular vote.

1 comment:

  1. Makes me wonder what Trump would have called FDR if he’d been coming against him. “Crippled Frank”?

    In fact, the skills needed for campaigning are very different from those of presiding over the government of a republic. That was part of the rationale for the Electoral College. See Hamilton’s remarks about “the low arts of popularity” in the Federalist.

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