Chapter 547, Michael's Plan
Michael says so, but Brooklyn doesn't believe it.
Michael is different from them, he is here to "wash his hands and go ashore", and his experience and experience have made him extra cautious and low-key.
Lopez is the one who accompanied Brooklyn to the "hellish difficulty" Manhattan hotel meeting copy, and it can be said that without Lopez there would be no Brooklyn speaker's position.
Although Anthony used to be an opponent, and now he is also being taken advantage of by Brooklyn, but Anthony used to be a justice, had a wide range of connections, and was an "old man" in the same period as John Manning and Burke Forsman, and now he is quite trusted by Brooklyn and stays in Boston directly to sit in the rear.
Not to mention Bob, who has a so-called subordinate employment relationship with Brooklyn, is actually a person at the same level as Winston and Frank.
These people are simply not something he can afford to offend.
What about Michael?
used to pit Brooklyn, but now he has been squeezed out of the inner circle, and he has to take refuge in Brooklyn, and he still needs to rely on Brooklyn to wash his hands on the shore.
Brooklyn's words can save him from the dead.
He can't fight, and there is no need to fight with these people.
His relationship with Brooklyn was about a hundred Mark Mie worse than Brooklyn's relationship with these people.
- At least that's what he thinks.
You can't go wrong with caution.
Brooklyn heard Michael's caution and didn't break it, but just asked him to come up with a plan for himself, and if the feasibility was high enough, he would be in charge of the press law proposal to assist Lopez.
According to the plan, the press law proposal was to be handed over to Lopez and Anthony and Burke Forsman, and now Michael's plan will give him the same treatment as Burke and Anthony as long as it is not too outrageous.
This is to express the trust and value of Michael.
Maybe Michael's ability is just a mediocre on the outside, and the military is full of talent at best, but here in Brooklyn it is very much needed.
Michael is a rare and much-needed character for Brooklyn, and most importantly he is completely controlled by Brooklyn and does not need to be worried or guarded against by Brooklyn.
Competence is important, but it is not so important, loyalty is more important.
Unless you can be like Burke Forsman, there is credibility, but there is no substitute for ability.
Brooklyn has always been wary of Burke Forsman, but Burke Forsman is irreplaceable for Harvard, and Brooklyn can only be wary of it while using it.
Michael is the equivalent of an advanced version of Burke Forsman. Trustworthy and capable — at least for Brooklyn at this stage, Michael's ability is adequate.
The next morning, when Brooklyn returned to the inner court after processing a civil case, Michael's new mail was already lying in his mailbox.
After opening it and taking a cursory glance, Brooklyn found that Michael's plan was very detailed.
The basic process for establishing a law in the Confederation would look like this:
The Senate and the House of Representatives vote on the law at the same time, and if there is a difference in the process of resolution, both houses have the legislative power to amend the law, and after consultation on the amendment, the Senate and the House of Representatives will then vote on the law.
After the Senate and House of Representatives voted on the law, it was passed by the President for signature.
If the president signs the bill, then the bill has the force of law and becomes law. If the president vetoes the resolution, then the House may amend the resolution to gain the president's support, or override the president's veto by a two-thirds majority, making the resolution automatically law.
When voting on whether to override the president's veto, senators and representatives cannot abstain and must choose to overturn or favor.
As a result, most presidents choose another way to do it when they don't want to pass a law – to put it on hold.
If there are less than 10 days left in Congress when it is served to the President, and the President does not sign it within the session, the bill is put on hold and automatically expires.
However, the Council can reintroduce it at the next session.
Because Brooklyn did not intend to actually let the law pass, but instead of blocking it as soon as it came up, it was prepared to use the law to eliminate some of the opposition voices. Therefore, Harvard needs to express its support clearly in the early stage, and it needs to pull back in the later stage, and at the same time, this pull must not be too blatant.
This is a great test of the proportions and acting skills of the person in charge of the plan.
In his proposal, Michael chose two "back-stabbers" for Brooklyn.
One is the Sponsor Parliamentarian.
Since the law must be proposed by the Senate and the House of Representatives, no one else can put it forward, and others can only spend money or spend their connections and interests to "buy" the right to propose in the hands of the legislators.
Originally, Brooklyn had asked Lopez to find several candidates, but Michael suggested that Yale should run the staff.
While Yale control members may increase the risk, they will correspondingly put another layer of protection on Harvard, greatly reducing the risk of Harvard's exposure.
Even the sponsor is not Harvard's, and it is great that Yale is "blind" when the time comes, and the selected congressman has a problem, so he just threw out the research team to change a wave of sympathy points, showing Harvard's responsibility and responsibility in the judicial system, and by the way, pitting Yale and Heather Gerken, and hindering Heather Gerken's development.
At the same time, Michael also mentioned that Yale should select several candidate congressmen, and finally Brooklyn would decide which congressman would "take the blame", and by the way, sell a favor from the top few parties in his email the day before to help them operate and increase the number of congressmen.
This plan has taken advantage of Yale's use of congressmen, so to speak, squeezing out the last drop of their value.
At the same time, Michael also mentioned that Brooklyn could ventilate with Mr. President and make Mr. President unequivocally oppose the passage of the proposal, ostensibly opposing Harvard.
There are benefits to doing so.
Mr. President's life has not been very good recently, and his approval rating has plummeted, first by the Democratic Party, and then by the Republican Party itself, and he has to face the treacherous international situation.
If Mr. President can predict the outcome in advance and finally verify that his prediction is correct, he can not only effectively alleviate the contradictions with members of Congress, but also take the opportunity to establish prestige, harvest a wave, and by the way, clean up the opposition voices of the Senate and the two houses, and promote a few "own people".
And the situation that Mr. President is facing now is very serious, and there is little hope of re-election, and he will definitely be desperate for any support. Not to mention a behemoth like Harvard.
Harvard's cooperation with Mr. President is a matter of mutual benefit.
In any case, Harvard does not have a strong desire for the Senate and the House of Representatives for the time being, and even if the proposal hits the prestige of some members of the parliament - the hardcore supporters or hardcore opponents will be affected after the proposal achieves the opposite result, such as a decrease in the status of the party, a decrease in the support of the party, a decrease in the support of the voters, etc. - it is better to sell this part of the benefits to Mr. President.
But Michael wasn't all well-intentioned, either.
I chose to cooperate with Mr. President because I wanted Mr. President to do the final "insurance".
In the event of a change in the voting process, such as Heather Gerken's ghosting and the power of his supporters is stronger than expected, Mr. President can choose to put the proposal on hold and use his pocket veto power to invalidate the law.
At the same time, it will also leave a "living mouth" for the next Harvard press law.
Looking at the whole plan, Michael can be said to "make the best use of everything", using and exchanging all the benefits that can be used.
But Brooklyn identified several risks in the plan.
The biggest risk comes from the heart of Michael's plan, and his masterpiece, Mr. President.
Mr. President is not controlled by Harvard or Brooklyn.
Brooklyn has no way of knowing what Mr. President is thinking at the moment of his decision, and he has no control over Mr. President's ties to Harvard.
In case Mr. President chooses to sell Harvard after taking Harvard's benefits
This?
What if Mr. President chooses to sign at the last minute?
The law passed.
The Brooklyn bamboo basket is empty!
Although Mr. President is the "insurance" of the plan, it is also the biggest variable in the plan, but this variable is not yet under Brooklyn's control.
It's up to Brooklyn to consider whether to take a risk or play it safe.
If you choose to take the risk, you will adopt Michael's plan, and once things develop according to Michael's pre-written script, Harvard will quietly complete the whole plan, and by the way, earn a lot of support and sympathy, and at the same time bring in a reliable and powerful ally such as Mr. President.
Now that the infighting in the federal political arena is very serious, it is unclear whether Mr. President will be re-elected.
If Mr. President is finally re-elected, this risky move will be the biggest gain of the whole plan, and both Harvard and Brooklyn will soar in the next four years, and no one can stop them.
But once Mr. President is unreliable, the "insurance" becomes "dangerous", everything will slide uncontrollably into the abyss, and both Harvard and Brooklyn will be busy in vain.
Do you choose to believe Mr. President or remain skeptical?
Brooklyn didn't make a choice right away.
He sent Michael an email back, telling Michael to hurry up and confirm Mr. President's condition, and then contact Winston to inquire about Mr. President's condition.
As the election approaches, the state of affairs in Washington is a little incomprehensible to even the federal itself.
Donkeys and elephants splash dirty water on each other, the president fights with the party, and unites with the opponents, some of the opponents cooperate with the president, some of them hold the president and do not let go, and those who cooperate with the president are attacking the Republican Party, and the Republican Party is splitting with the Democratic Party on the one hand, some supporting the president and some opposing the president, and those who support the president are splitting again, some pinching each other, and some cooperating with the opponent......
The whole thing is a miasma, and it is difficult to distinguish between friend and foe.
And Brooklyn has heard about and seen the unreliability of Mr. President. Although many of Mr. President's decisions are made from good intentions, but they are only smeared by opponents and can be distorted into fools, Mr. President's own character is indeed flawed.
Mr. President is a "Hollywood star", with a very big reputation, and he was also handsome and rich when he was young, which naturally attracted many people of the opposite sex and the same sex to move closer to him. What kind of bed partner you want is almost all you need to do is hook your fingers.
Therefore, the amorous debts owed by Mr. President over the years are simply innumerable.
Ever since Mr. President first ran for office, there have been people who have come forward to accuse Mr. President of assault or force.
- X invasion is not the same as strong J, one is that there is no x behavior, and the other is the fact that it constitutes x behavior.
Until now, Mr. President's lawyer is still fighting a lawsuit against X or Force.
And Mr. President himself has made inappropriate remarks in public - he himself said that he can get the kind of woman he wants.
This has cost Mr. President a large number of female voters......
This kind of obviously objectified and discriminatory remarks cannot be said, which is the basic quality of a politician.
You may not be able to gain the support of a certain group, but at least you can't offend a certain group and make that group stand out against you.
But Mr. President just said it, and he not only said it, but also mentioned it many times and repeatedly in public.
Brooklyn couldn't figure out what Mr. President was thinking. He always seemed to think that he was still in the Middle Ages......
In fact, politics all over the world is discriminating against women, and if the number one or second person in any country is a woman, the whole country and even the international affirmative action organizations will cheer like a holiday.
So far, only 19 of the world's 195 countries have a woman in the number one position. Not even a tenth......
But I have never seen a politician in any country repeatedly, openly, repeatedly, and high-profile statements that objectify and discriminate against women.
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Such an unreliable personality makes Brooklyn very skeptical about whether Mr. President is reliable, whether he can play the role of "insurance", and whether he can cooperate.
He needs to ask Winston for more information about Mr. President's situation before making a decision.
Although Winston and Mr. President have little to do with each other, they belong to the same party and should know something about it.
Perhaps due to time constraints and other reasons, Michael did not take this into account in his proposal. His analysis of Mr. President is only a small part, and even less than Brooklyn knows.
The phone was quickly connected, and the two exchanged pleasantries in their own way as usual, and the laughter was endless.
After the pleasantries, Brooklyn asked about Mr. President.
"Is Mr. President sure of winning the election?"
This is an important issue second only to the credibility of Mr. President.
If Mr. President is sure that he will win the election, or if Mr. President has unified the opinions of the party and gained support within the party, then even if Mr. President is not credible and unreliable, Brooklyn will find a way to make him credible and reliable.
Michael's plan, while risky, also offered Brooklyn a new perspective, one that could overtake in corners and ascend quickly.
- The president can nominate justices!
In addition, gaining the friendship of the new president, or even becoming a partner with the new president, will be very rewarding for the next four years of his term.
Otherwise, why would so much federal capital keep an eye on the candidate and willingly pull out the checkbook?