It's hard to believe Richard Nixon, the consummate, disciplined insider, and Donald Trump, the shambolic, impulsive outsider, have anything in common, but it's true. Both men shared the belief that winning a national election should convey political power. Acting on the belief a national majority gave him a popular mandate to make changes in Washington cost Nixon his presidency. Just mentioning draining the swamp in passing is in the process of costing Trump his. John Marini, author of 'Unmasking the Administrative State,' pointed out this unlikely coincidence during a book discussion sponsored by Hillsdale College and the Claremont Institute. What made both men a target was the threat to the status quo enjoyed by Washington's vast permanent bureaucracy.

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