All of the talk about recess appointments is related to the inability to get all 53 GOPers on board. In regard to RFK Jr - that might not be a problem. After all he believes in single payer, is pro choice, loves gov. intrusiveness and before trying make polio great again he was a rabid environmentalist that Greta Thunberg would approve. Forget Susan Collins. Liz Warren, Mazie Hirono and Patty Murray will carry him across the line.
And finally - my issue is not even the mental state of these folks (low) and their morals (lower) but none have ever run, much less reformed a big organization. None have supervised more than 100 and the HHS employs 83,000 people across 14 agencies. And for more laughs and giggles, they need to reform without screwing up the current mission. Oi.
I actually did business reforms to various divisions and as one of my colleagues noted, it is like changing a tire - while the car is still moving.
I would not be surprised if at least a few Democrats voted for RFK Jr. although I think he has made his brand so toxic on the left that even though they agree with many of his positions, a larger number of progressive activists would be very upset and would punish any senators who voted for him.
You had mentioned the philandering of FDR, JFK etc. We can add Harding and host of others to this list. But the goal was to minimize or bury these affairs. Trump boasted of this ability to assault women. But before Trump there was Gary Hart who in 1988 was knocked out of the race for his infidelity (on a boat called the Monkey Business, cannot make this up). But his paramour, Donna Rice, was a consenting adult. The Dems lost. So just four years later they nominated a serial philanderer and sexual assaulter. Aside from much of the media, his wife was the first and last defense. Clinton removed any concept of shame related to breaking of the marriage vow.
All of the talk about recess appointments is related to the inability to get all 53 GOPers on board. In regard to RFK Jr - that might not be a problem. After all he believes in single payer, is pro choice, loves gov. intrusiveness and before trying make polio great again he was a rabid environmentalist that Greta Thunberg would approve. Forget Susan Collins. Liz Warren, Mazie Hirono and Patty Murray will carry him across the line.
And finally - my issue is not even the mental state of these folks (low) and their morals (lower) but none have ever run, much less reformed a big organization. None have supervised more than 100 and the HHS employs 83,000 people across 14 agencies. And for more laughs and giggles, they need to reform without screwing up the current mission. Oi.
I actually did business reforms to various divisions and as one of my colleagues noted, it is like changing a tire - while the car is still moving.
I would not be surprised if at least a few Democrats voted for RFK Jr. although I think he has made his brand so toxic on the left that even though they agree with many of his positions, a larger number of progressive activists would be very upset and would punish any senators who voted for him.
You had mentioned the philandering of FDR, JFK etc. We can add Harding and host of others to this list. But the goal was to minimize or bury these affairs. Trump boasted of this ability to assault women. But before Trump there was Gary Hart who in 1988 was knocked out of the race for his infidelity (on a boat called the Monkey Business, cannot make this up). But his paramour, Donna Rice, was a consenting adult. The Dems lost. So just four years later they nominated a serial philanderer and sexual assaulter. Aside from much of the media, his wife was the first and last defense. Clinton removed any concept of shame related to breaking of the marriage vow.