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Why Romney could be a transformational president
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Apr 24, 2012 02:57pm |
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| Category | Speculative |
| Author | Ezra Klein |
| Media | Newspaper - Washington Post |
| News Date | Tuesday, April 24, 2012 05:40:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Odds are, in other words, that if Obama wins, he will still be negotiating with Republican leaders in Congress. But the same can’t be said for Mitt Romney.
If Romney wins the election, it’s almost a sure bet that Republicans win control of both the House and the Senate. And that matters. Right now, the GOP’s agenda is the Ryan budget, and that’s entirely fiscal: It’s a premium support plan for Medicare, and tax cuts, and deep cuts to Medicaid, food stamps and other domestic programs. All that can be passed through budget reconciliation — which is to say, all that can be made immune to the filibuster.
So if Romney wins and the Republicans take control, they could accomplish quite a lot on party-line votes, even if their majorities are slim, and Democrats are opposed. Indeed, Romney could end up being a fairly transformational president for conservatives so long as he’s paired with a Republican Congress. |
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