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Re:A lot of “idiotic” things have reasonable explanations (2... by ByteJockey on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @07:19AM (#23321708)
Is that an option these days? When was the last time that existed?

2010?

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Re:A lot of “idiotic” things have reasonable explanations (2... by disgruntledphd2 on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @07:48AM (#23321881)
It seems to me (as an outside observer), that this normally happens for the two years after a new President is elected.

Normally they don't get 60 in the Senate though, which means that the system is working at intended (you need to stay consistently popular for 6+ years to start swinging the Senate).

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