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A ‘Shadow Cabinet’ to Restrain Trump - Sharp critiques of extreme policies from eminent ex-offls
WSJ ^ | 2/15/2017 | DAVID ROBERTS

Posted on 02/18/2017 10:39:59 AM PST by dirtboy

We need to make America great again, and for that Donald Trump might be our man. For all the anxiety the White House has caused, brewing constitutional crises at home and anger abroad, Mr. Trump has opened a path to reunify this politically divided nation.

A “team of rivals” that transcends party lines, composed of eminent men and women, could rein in the administration. This bipartisan group, preferably endorsed by past U.S. presidents, would be made up of former cabinet members and heads of independent federal agencies. Inspired by the British Shadow Cabinet, it would be structured to mirror the official cabinet and would issue rapid, sharp critiques and cogent alternatives to the administration’s most dangerous policies.

By becoming a recognizable public fixture, the group would wield the clout necessary to compete with the White House’s megaphone, offering the disgruntled public a clear opposing stance rather than the disparate, and sometimes desperate, efforts today. The group would provide the opposition much-needed focus by identifying the most destructive policies and pronouncements: some examples from the first few weeks include antagonizing our allies, forcing through an ill-considered immigrant ban, undermining the judicial system, and politicizing the National Security Council.

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TOPICS: Editorial; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: davidcroberts; davidroberts; deepstate; fakenews; obama; shadowcabinet; shadowgovernment; wsj
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Funny how no one thought this necessary during the radical Obama years.
1 posted on 02/18/2017 10:39:59 AM PST by dirtboy
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Well I guess they’re onto the next great hope to stop Trump....lol


2 posted on 02/18/2017 10:42:18 AM PST by Principled (OMG I'm so tired of all this winning....)
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...Funny how no one thought this necessary during the radical Obama years...

Or, any other years, Or, during the drafting of the Constitution.


3 posted on 02/18/2017 10:42:59 AM PST by Sasparilla ( I'm Not tired of Winning)
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Gosh, sounds expensive.

Who do they think should pay for it? lol


4 posted on 02/18/2017 10:44:15 AM PST by Ueriah
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This guy is part of Harvard’s JFK School of Government. Probably the group of people most offended by an outsider having the gall to win the presidency and ignore their advice (David Gergen is a professor there). Forming a shadow cabinet ain’t gonna change that one bit.


5 posted on 02/18/2017 10:45:54 AM PST by dirtboy
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“and politicizing the National Security Council.”

Oh, and 0 and Susan Rice didn’t do that?


6 posted on 02/18/2017 10:46:16 AM PST by ConservativeMind ("Humane" = "Don't pen up pets or eat meat, but allow infanticides, abortion, and euthanasia.")
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Let me guess. Jeb!, Hillary, Soros, Bergoglio...


7 posted on 02/18/2017 10:46:23 AM PST by Arthur McGowan (https://youtu.be/IYUYya6bPGw)
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Does anyone subscribe to the WSJ? and if so, do they really read it?


8 posted on 02/18/2017 10:47:11 AM PST by Maudeen (No one on this earth is too far gone for Jesus.)
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All past Presidents who join this Shadow Govt need to get their wages garnished, and a Tax Audit from the IRS.


9 posted on 02/18/2017 10:47:27 AM PST by rovenstinez
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A “team of rivals” that transcends party lines, composed of eminent men and women, could rein in the administration. This bipartisan group, preferably endorsed by past U.S. presidents, would be made up of former cabinet members and heads of independent federal agencies. Inspired by the British Shadow Cabinet, it would be structured to mirror the official cabinet and would issue rapid, sharp critiques and cogent alternatives to the administration’s most dangerous policies.

Sounds like a description of the new world order.
10 posted on 02/18/2017 10:49:32 AM PST by nhwingut (Trump Pence 16 - Blow Up DC)
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The shadow government is being cleaned out by Rex as he gets rid of the seventh floor


11 posted on 02/18/2017 10:50:54 AM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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Who does this bozo recommend? Ain’t got a subscription


12 posted on 02/18/2017 10:52:26 AM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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Desperate load of crap.


13 posted on 02/18/2017 10:53:30 AM PST by Gator113 ( ~~Trump 2020~~)
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To hell with that noise. Get out of the way while Trump drains the swamp and makes America great again!!

Lead, follow or get the hell out of the way!!


14 posted on 02/18/2017 10:53:31 AM PST by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!)
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All past presidents... Bush 1, Bush 2, Carter, Clinton, Obama - 5 globalists, 3 socialists, 2 neocons. Geez I wonder what kind of “shadow cabinet” we’d get?


15 posted on 02/18/2017 10:53:39 AM PST by nhwingut (Trump Pence 16 - Blow Up DC)
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Articles such as this are the cause for discord, almost all of which is being caused by the media and a few maverick Republicans. Trump is keeping promises and moving the country forward in a manner that will benefit Americans. And therein lies the problem as globalists would lower America to world standards of poverty, control and corruption. Go Trump!


16 posted on 02/18/2017 10:54:38 AM PST by Boomer One ( ToUsesn)
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When leftists lose they simply cannot stand it. They are as gods outraged. THIS is why we are headed to war. For THEIR egos. THEIR anger. Nothing else.


17 posted on 02/18/2017 10:55:02 AM PST by TalBlack (Evil doesn't have a day job....)
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Shadow Cabinet is a non-starter in the US.

Parliamentary systems are forced into it because of the immediate change possible in PMs. Rivals within the party compete for ministries because their equivalent of Cabinet members are also legislators.

A Shadow Cabinet in US politics would quickly degenerate into public disputes within the party, and put too may restrictions and too much scrutiny on the ‘Shadow Secretaries’.


18 posted on 02/18/2017 10:55:02 AM PST by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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Whatever Davey boy. Trump has been president and in government service for just four weeks and he needs to be reigned in? He doesn’t have any fingerprints on the domestic and international grease fires caused by decades of sellouts in DC selling the nation down the river. Just another group of globalists getting cover fire from another establishment twit in academia and the media while they try to get their “kingdom” back. Anytime I see the word bipartisanship associated with a group I know it’s a bunch of GLOBALISTS!


19 posted on 02/18/2017 10:57:54 AM PST by dowcaet
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A “team of rivals” that transcends party lines, composed of eminent men and women, could rein in the administration. This bipartisan group, preferably endorsed by past U.S. presidents, would be made up of former cabinet members and heads of independent federal agencies."

These are the swamp dwellers who got us into this mess.

They're just not getting it.

Drain the swamp!!

MAGA!!

20 posted on 02/18/2017 10:57:57 AM PST by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!)
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