Originally published at: Trump Has the Look of the Weak Horse; People Are Acting Accordingly - TPM – Talking Points Memo
One of my instrument panel watchwords for understanding politics is that all power is unitary. In the case of presidents, you don’t have one bundle of power in one area and a siloed, distinct and unaffected bundle in another. A president’s power is a uniform commodity wherever he reaches. What boosts it or drags it…