What if the Trump presidency gets so crazy that Congress bucks up and starts performing its constitutional duties?
You know, like
- being in charge of when and where and with whom to go to war;
- the budget and debt;
- all major policy decisions, for that matter; and
- riding herd over Executive branch performance?
An effective House Speaker or Senate president pro tempore could change the course of everything.
In the early 19th century, arguably the most effective leaders (the Jackson and Van Buren alliance aside) never held the presidency: Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun.
Technically, it could happen.
Unlikely, considering the decadence of modern popular politics . . . but still!
twv
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