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What policies could Jimmy Carter have been able to accomplish if Jimmy Carter’s Presidency wasn’t so chaotic and his relationship with Congress so fractured? As I recall even with the defection of the Dixiecrats to the GOP, there was a very powerful Conservative force in the DNC. Add in the nuisance of Teddy Kennedy who openly thwarted any progress with Health Care. So even though nominally Carter had a Supermajority in Congress his entire term, he never truly had the backing of his caucus.
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