{"id":555,"date":"2021-03-05T12:40:22","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T17:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/potlatchga.com\/?p=555"},"modified":"2021-03-05T12:40:22","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T17:40:22","slug":"morning-read","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/potlatchga.com\/?p=555","title":{"rendered":"Morning Read*"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This morning the sun came out. That is, my morning read gave me hope that sanity might prevail in our politics. <em>The Wall Street Journal<\/em> published an opinion piece by a leading Republican moderate and the editor wrote a rebuttal to Trump\u2019s recent lies.<\/p>\n<p>Republican Senator Bill Cassidy in an Op-Ed entitled \u201cAn Open Congress Would Make Better Laws\u201d argues convincingly that too often today sitting presidents and a handful of leaders privately put together bills and then present them to Congress to rubber-stamp. It used to be that proposed legislation would be subject to hearings, expert testimony and committee scrutiny first. Senator Cassidy rightly condemns both parties for following this \u201cundemocratic\u201d behavior. He concludes by writing, \u201cDoes anyone think America\u2019s democracy is in better shape today than it was a generation ago?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This morning\u2019s editorial, \u201cDonald Trump\u2019s Georgia Rewrite,\u201d addresses Trump\u2019s recent attack on the <em>Journal<\/em> for recognizing the reality of the former president\u2019s role in the GOP\u2019s loss of the Senate. The editors point out, \u201cIn the single Trump term, Republicans lost the House, White House and finally the Senate\u2026.Counseling could be in order. Any good analyst will explain that the first step toward recovery is to accept reality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Is it my naivete or are these observations a glimmer of hope that just perhaps there is a recognition and acknowledgement that all is not well in our politics and the halls of Congress? Republicans and Democrats must seize the opportunity to try to put Humpty Dumpty back together again!<\/p>\n<p>*Opinion Page, <em>The Wall Street Journal<\/em>, March 5, 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This morning the sun came out. That is, my morning read gave me hope that sanity might prevail in our politics. The Wall Street Journal published an opinion piece by a leading Republican moderate and the editor wrote a rebuttal to Trump\u2019s recent lies. 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