This is one prime example I was thinking of when I wrote the comment, but I was waiting for someone else to say it. I have vague memories of other things, like

This is one prime example I was thinking of when I wrote the comment, but I was waiting for someone else to say it. I have vague memories of other things, like maybe some Bush orders that didn't get a swift or easy rollback with Obama ... But that was longer ago. But I think more broadly and nonpartisan, a law passed by Congress or an executive order by the president that is done when someone feels they have a mandate... Often sets broad policy for years and outlasts the mandate. More than most people understand. I think this contradicts the easy, oversimplified statement people like to make that elections don't matter and the parties and candidates are interchangable.