Former Rep. Matt Gaetz’s short-lived nomination for attorney general is serving as a reality check to a handful of Cabinet nominees who could have trouble getting through the Senate. Not a single Senate Republican came out against Gaetz publicly in the eight days he lasted as President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee, but his decision to withdraw on Thursday was a tacit acknowledgment that he would not have the votes to be confirmed. FIVE THEORIES …

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Donald Trump is not a monarch. That’s the unmistakable lesson of the ill-fated nomination of Matt Gaetz for attorney general. Rather than showcasing Trump’s absolute power over his GOP allies, it revealed his limits. The doomed nomination lasted just eight days — and its failure is an unwelcome lesson for the president-elect, who has been projecting invincibility and claiming a historic mandate despite his reed-thin popular vote victory. “The sh…

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It wasn’t hard.  My prediction that Matt Gaetz was not going to be attorney general and that Pam Bondi would be a significant upgrade was correct because I understand how Washington works. Ninnyhammers on television spew gibberish nightly, and, unfortunately, some Americans listen.  Why?  How often do some folks have to be deceived before they wise up? The truth is that Matt Gaetz was denied due process by the media, but that happens to high-pro…

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Donald Trump is not a monarch. That’s the unmistakable lesson of the ill-fated nomination of Matt Gaetz for attorney general. Rather than showcasing Trump’s absolute power over his GOP allies, it revealed his limits. The doomed nomination lasted just eight days — and its failure is an unwelcome lesson for the president-elect, who has been projecting invincibility and claiming a historic mandate despite his reed-thin popular vote victory. “The sh…

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