Every new administration that wins power away from the opposing party contends that whatever its predecessors did was terrible and that victory constitutes a popular mandate to fix or get rid of it all.
Elections have consequences, politicians love to remind us, and a big one entails trying to change everything, right away.
It is possible to read “Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise” — an 887-page document proposing to remake the executive branch, department by department, agency by agency, office by office — as one more go-round in this Washington tradition.
It is an off-the-shelf governing plan for a leader who took office last time with no clear plan and no real ability to govern.
This book attempts to supply him with both.
Persons:
”, —, “, Biden, Donald Trump, Nikki Haley
Organizations:
Leadership, Heritage, Trump
Locations:
Washington