Jim Geraghty: “After the 2016 election, Trump foes launched a serious last-ditch effort to convince the presidential electors to become ‘faithless‘ and change their votes, preventing Trump from becoming president. Celebrities and actors from The West Wing and Will and Grace appeared in commercials, urging electors to not vote for President-elect Trump. So far this year, there’s nothing like that. Democrats in and out of office are trudging in acquiescence toward Inauguration Day; Pennsylvania senator John Fetterman said he expects to vote to confirm Rubio as secretary of state, and he said he is open to voting to put his former rival, Mehmet Oz, in charge of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.”
“Trump won the second-highest number of votes for president ever cast, no one’s questioning the legitimacy of his victory, Democrats in the Senate are signing off on some of his cabinet picks, and he starts his second term with at least an initially high approval rating. Trump may not be normal, but he’s starting to look normalized.”
