No, they just need to get their successor elected to continue their legacy, and make sure Congress doesn’t change hands.
And if we need permanent Democratic supermajority for fifty years to fix this travesty of a country they’re not going to get that if they put a million people out of work.
That’s what the lame duck portion is for. Pass all the shit that may be unpopular, but necessary after the election has already been decided. The people don’t remember what happened in the last few months of a lame duck term, by the time the next election happens. They’ll have forgotten, unless they happen to be part of that million people, and a million people is less than ¼ of 1% of the country.
Second term presidents don’t have to worry about reelection
No, they just need to get their successor elected to continue their legacy, and make sure Congress doesn’t change hands.
And if we need permanent Democratic supermajority for fifty years to fix this travesty of a country they’re not going to get that if they put a million people out of work.
That’s what the lame duck portion is for. Pass all the shit that may be unpopular, but necessary after the election has already been decided. The people don’t remember what happened in the last few months of a lame duck term, by the time the next election happens. They’ll have forgotten, unless they happen to be part of that million people, and a million people is less than ¼ of 1% of the country.