Our experience in California is that a more rapid turnover of politicians does NOT mean better legislators nor better legislation. It does mean more powerful lobbyists.
Why not. A en masse would be one of the most powerful statements that could be made. Plus, they would be able to dominate the news for several cycles. If done a few weeks, say, before the election, it would have to potential to ensure the massive change that is needed.
That's a very perceptive look at Woodward's techniques and the limits he imposes on himself. Overall it is fair, but I do wonder if Dean Falvy is expecting too much when he calls out Woodward for focusing so narrowly on Trump's relationship with his staff. But that is the story Woodward is covering - not creating what Falvy calls "the definitive account of a presidency." Still, Woodward's "first draft of history," though largely limited to Trump's White House, documents well the travails of an administration trying to find its feet in the bumpy first 2 years under a uniquely mercurial and histrionic chief executive. Woodward is a craftsman, not a visionary. There will be other books; maybe even more from Woodward. Surely he knows better than anyone that coverage of this presidency is a work in progress.
