This is the point in the National Journal’s “How Does a Paralyzed President Move the Needle?” that I started murmuring There you go again:
Boxed in by events largely beyond its control…
As God is my witness, one of the best things about 2017 will be that the media will suddenly be embracing again the precept that Command Takes Responsibility. It may be teeth-gratingly infuriating that they only give this kind of cover to Democratic Presidents – which tells you everything that you need to know about how competent the media thinks Democrats are at running the country – but I can grin and bear it if it means having a Republican in the White House. Besides: I got kids, and they need to hear that particular message all of the time, not just half of it.
Moe Lane