His pace has been stellar so far.
There are two ways to go forward:
1) Alinsky-inspired overload. Dump everything all at once. If you recall, when Obama had the Fast and Furious scandal come to light, he dumped a bunch of scandals out there, in order to overload the system and cause it to come to a grindingly slow pace. One of the scandals was the IRS targeting conservative groups, I forget the other three or four. This worked for Obama, and could for Trump... only instead of scandals, it would be initiatives.
So if Trump was to follow suit, he’d do major actions on EVERYTHING, DACA and DAPA included. It would be a workable technique.
The other way:
2) Go a little slower and cement your wins. There are factors to recommend this method as well, but the vulnerability is that the Ministry of Propaganda Media has the time to digest and pick things apart.
>2) Go a little slower and cement your wins. There are factors to recommend this method as well, but the vulnerability is that the Ministry of Propaganda Media has the time to digest and pick things apart.
I think Trump’s right now in the process of breaking and discrediting the media which is why he’s being selective in his approach and feeding them silly crap to get upset about. Once the media is broken he move the agenda along.
I, too, am impressed so far with his pace. That pace does not even include some of the unreported changes, like putting the INS back to work. He gets high marks from me for doing more to keep his campaign promises in four days than some presidents have managed in one or two terms.
DAPA is dead. DACA expires in 2 year increments provided the applicant is approved for renewal. All Trump has to do is refuse too renew them. In the mean time it’s a powerful carrot to hang over the heads of Dems to get his picks approved.