"That's the part that rankles me. I can believe a President who murders and gets away with it. I can believe that everyone in DC is corrupt. I can believe all the backroom wheeling and dealing and blackmail; hell if the show has any fault there it's that there's not enough money changing hands and lobbyists offering cushy jobs. But really, no problem there. But the actual politics is beyond ridiculous. Not even the GOP is stupid enough to run on cutting entitlements. The writers really couldn't think of anything better for Frank to do with the Presidency that would make sense for a Democrat to support? I'd think a pro-union agenda would be a natural fit for the character. Or given how he got to the White House, having him campaign on transparency and campaign finance would have been fun. But they went with cutting entitlements. I'd love to know what went on in the writers room to have them come up with that." - Eric P