Yes, those goddamn water projects ! ? !
And supposedly this was the thing which poisoned Carter’s relations with Congress. I’m sure there were other things, but this was the big one.
Let’s suppose Tip O’Neill decides, Hey, President Jimmy Carter is the person who was elected on a national mandate, not me. President Carter ran as both a southern fiscal conservative and his own brand of populist. I’m going to help him succeed at both.
What happens then?
Your ideas please.
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Worse than I thought! —
President Carter viewed breakfast meetings with Tip and other leaders as a chance to “spell out his agenda.” Please see the 4th post on page 2.
And supposedly this was the thing which poisoned Carter’s relations with Congress. I’m sure there were other things, but this was the big one.
Let’s suppose Tip O’Neill decides, Hey, President Jimmy Carter is the person who was elected on a national mandate, not me. President Carter ran as both a southern fiscal conservative and his own brand of populist. I’m going to help him succeed at both.
What happens then?
Your ideas please.
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Worse than I thought! —
President Carter viewed breakfast meetings with Tip and other leaders as a chance to “spell out his agenda.” Please see the 4th post on page 2.
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