A final unskewing
Mother Nature is our best teacher and the only one who is always right. – Viktor Hamburger, biologist In yesterday’s Los Angeles Times...
What Makes A Presidential Transition Successful?
On Politics & Polls, Julian and I talk with Chris Lu, director of Barack Obama’s presidential transition team in 2008, and Deputy Secretary of Labor. We talk about both subjects. We got into depth about what makes a transition succeed (Obama) or flounder (Clinton, Trump). Listen to Politics & Polls #42.
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Could have asked some harder questions …
“how did we create only 3mm jobs with 800 bio dollars?”
Was Obama’s transition successful? He accomplished much more in his early administration than Clinton did, certainly more than Trump has, but his party got whacked as hard as Clinton’s in the ensuing midterm.