Monday, February 3, 2020

Congress in Multiple Dimensions

FOR WEDNESDAY, READ:



In Home Style, members try to convey
  • Qualification
  • Identification
  • Empathy
AOC-DC questions Michael Cohen:



Consider the characteristics of NY 14 as AOC goes local:




And in the Senate:



"What you have to understand about my people is that they are a noble people. Humility is their form of pride. It is their strength; it is their weakness. And if you can humble yourself before them they will do anything you ask."  -- Frank Underwood

See a 1993 clip of McCain talking to little old ladies in Arizona.

Parties

Demographic sorting

Four Strategic Postures Since 1996 (House, by election year) 

                                                Majority                              Minority

            Pres Party                    Dems 08                             GOP 06, 18
                                                GOP 00, 02, 04, 16             Dem 96, 98, 10,12,14
           
            Out Party                    GOP 96,* 98, 10,12,14        GOP 08
                                                Dem 06, 18*                        Dem 00, 02, 04, 16



Staff and staff allocations

FOUR WAYS OF BEING A MEMBER:
  • DISTRICT (OR STATE) SERVANTS
  • COMMITTEE SPECIALISTS
  • PARTY LEADERS
  • NATIONAL POLITICAL FIGURES
One major difference between the chambers is that few sitting House members run for president, and seldom get far when they do. But a fairly large fraction of current senators have gone for the White House:

  • Lamar Alexander (R-TN) 1996, 2000
  • Michael Bennet (D-CO), 2000
  • Cory Booker (D-NJ) 2020
  • Ted Cruz (R-TX) 2016
  • Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) 2020
  • Lindsey Graham (R-SC) 2016
  • Kamala Harris (D-CA), 2020
  • Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) 2020
  • Rand Paul (R-KY) 2016
  • Marco Rubio (R-FL) 2016
  • Bernard Sanders (I-VT) 2016, 2020
  • Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), 2020
  • and Tim Kaine (D-VA) ran for vice president in 2016
In the House, see




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