President-Elect Trump has won another victory before even taking office.  This time, it wasn’t Ford, Carrier, or some other corporation forced to capitulate in the wake of a tweet; it was the majority of the House of Representatives.  Put simply, Trump has demonstrated the he is in charge, and the House majority caucus had better get used to following his lead. There has been some well justified concern over the willingness of the GOP establishment (Congressional branch) to work with the Trump administration.  After all, he has been attacking them as denizens of the swamp that needs to be drained.  And he palled around with Hillary Clinton and was a Democrat until recently.  So it is a reasonable expectation that this outsider would encounter friction with the now entrenched GOP House majority. But in the absolutely critical first move – the interaction that sets a precedent and remains in memory – the GOP House majority caucus...(Read Full Post)