- Mary Landrieu, Drew Brees and the “post-pork paradigm”: "One implication of this new paradigm is that compromise in Washington has become even more difficult...The leadership...relied on pork to cajole the more stubborn members of their caucuses into voting for major bills..." http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/12/08/wonkbook-mary-landrieu-drew-brees-and-the-post-pork-paradigm/ 4 comments politics