#remember that inaugurations used to be in March? that's insane!!

wilwheaton
politicalprof

You know, it is possible that a system of presidential transitions designed for a time when it took weeks for votes to reach the state capitol for counting, and then weeks for the certified votes to reach Washington, DC, and then weeks for Congress’ letter notifying the winner of their victory to reach the winner, and then weeks for the winner to move to Washington, DC, and then weeks for the winner to assemble a Cabinet, inform that Cabinet of their selection, and then have the Cabinet approved by the Senate, may not be fully adequate to the conditions of the 21st century United States ...

UHUH you thinkgod Americans think every bit of their system is sacrosanct when in reality they've just been stagnant for the last 70 yearsremember that inaugurations used to be in March? that's insane!!