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Moments ago the white house put out a statement saying price offered his resignation earlier today and the president accepted it. Moments before that the president told reporters he was not happy about how price has done this and that a decision about his future to possibly fire him was imminent. Hes a very fine man but were going to make a decision sometime tonight. I didnt like it. Cosmetically or otherwise. I was disappointed. I think hes a very fine person. I certainly dont like the optics. Im not happy. Okay . I can tell you. Im not happy. Amazing to hear a politician say the word optics. Anyway, price is out after politico broke the news the use of privates and charter jets cost taxpayers more than 1 million. Ousted not just because of what he did but what it represented for an administrations mantra was, drain the swamp. Other cabinet secretaries are indefendant gated for questionable travels and furthering the president s agenda. Price became expendable because he failed to rep ....
Lift and not just some on us, the media. not just in the white house. it sed in congress. look at the way they ve handled the health care debate. blowing up the regular order as we called it. the norms there. here before the show started evan mcmullin was on. brett steeves was on. we ve got people like jennifer ruben and mike gerson who are out there trying to take a party that i we believe has had a lot to do with the decline in norms going back to gingrich and before to try to turn it into a problem-solving party. if elites can net a broader public to understand we need to rebuild those norms and punish people who violate them we may be on the start of something good. okay. leave it there, but it s a fascinating read and, yes, i like the debate you on some of the political reform ideas but all are at least worth discussion. brett stephens said, say, learn to you to discuss and ....