tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26542777.post5241159040196587965..comments2023-10-26T01:59:40.483-07:00Comments on The Dividist Papers: The Carnival of Divided Government Triginta Sedecim (XXXVI) Special Ides of March Editionmwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11181222537529037359noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26542777.post-17946902158956691512010-03-23T10:23:09.826-07:002010-03-23T10:23:09.826-07:00Brad, Tully,
I am honored to stand shoulder to sho...Brad, Tully,<br />I am honored to stand shoulder to shoulder with you in divided solidarity.<br /><br />Tully,<br />Perhaps you will take some inspiration from the poignant story of <a href="http://westanddivided.blogspot.com/2007/12/republican-like-me.html" rel="nofollow">one man's tortured journey</a> to become a registered Republican in the Liberal San Francisco Heart of Darkness.<br /><br /><br />Who knows, if we are sufficiently successful in 2010, perhaps we can switch back in 2012.mwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11181222537529037359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26542777.post-85654184959889484132010-03-23T09:26:43.809-07:002010-03-23T09:26:43.809-07:00Please add me to the Coalition of the Divided as w...Please add me to the Coalition of the Divided as well. <br /><br />I'm off to switch my voter registration to Republican. Not because I love the GOP, either.Tullyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03842067230152580405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26542777.post-58498391119901120632010-03-18T12:54:50.952-07:002010-03-18T12:54:50.952-07:00MW -
Thank you for your incredibly kind words an...MW - <br /><br />Thank you for your incredibly kind words and for highlighting my "Divided Government, the Stock Market, and Long Term Investing" article.<br /><br />I've been snooping around a bit on your blog - it looks like we have pretty similar perspectives. What a pleasant surprise - I'll definitely be back.<br /><br />I also updated the original article with a link to your blog. If any of my readers like my article, then they're going to love your blog.<br /><br />Keep up the great work -Brad Castrohttp://www.great-option-trading-strategies.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26542777.post-56414969060326329102010-03-18T01:01:01.812-07:002010-03-18T01:01:01.812-07:00AD,
I actually liked your title. It was very cleve...AD,<br />I actually liked your title. It was very clever. But since I didn't like Kagan's thesis or your concluding thoughts, I was compelled to argue anything I could find in the post for purposes of my compilation here. The title was an easy shot. Such is the nature of the blogging beast. <br /><br />BTW - if you'd like some advice on how to increase readership, you'd be well served to <a href="http://rsmccain.blogspot.com/2009/02/how-to-get-million-hits-on-your-blog-in.html" rel="nofollow">look elsewhere</a>, as I have yet to break the code. I've thrown more than a few posts out there <a href="http://westanddivided.blogspot.com/2006/08/s-m-l-xl-sizing-dividing-balancing.html" rel="nofollow">intending to grab attention</a> - with limited success. I suspect that changing sides every couple of years limit the cultivation of a loyal readership. At this point, I am satisfied to just continue beating the drum in the relative obscurity of my little corner of the blogosphere.<br /><br />In any case, you have made sufficiently positive comments about divided government that you will be inducted into the 2010 edition of the <a href="http://westanddivided.blogspot.com/2008/09/coalition-of-divided.html" rel="nofollow">Coalition of the Divided</a>, whenever I get around to compiling it. <br /><br />Good luck, thanks for the thoughtful comment and thanks for stopping by.mwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11181222537529037359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26542777.post-85841844850680450622010-03-16T15:05:33.844-07:002010-03-16T15:05:33.844-07:00MW,
Thank you for your readership, and for linkin...MW,<br /><br />Thank you for your readership, and for linking to and reviewing my post. I appreciated your courtesy comment, and I want to offer a few responsive points to your analysis.<br /><br />First, to clarify my own position, I am more in your divided government camp than not. As I explained in the short correspondence I took up with Professor Somin after publishing my post, I explained that I like divided government because I tend to like the things he and you argue it produces. I presented Professor Kagan's view because it was new to me and I wasn't sure, as a proponent of limited government, how to respond to him (Kagan).<br /><br />Second, your critique of the title of my post is one with which I agree when we get down to the substance of the matter. Perhaps the serious, evenhanded tone I try to strike in the body of my posts suggests to readers a similar weight in my titles. As a start-up blogger (again, thank you for the citation and response) who is a) trying to draw readership, and b) serious, but not too serious, I've used techniques like overstating my case, modifying familiar phrases, references to song titles, attempts at humor, etc. I agree that the positive effects you identify are worth seeking, and I agree that moderation is a good and reasonable guide in seeking those effects.<br /><br />Third, you write that I rely too much on Professor Kagan in my post, and you're right that this particular post is one of my more quotation-heavy ones. Because his critique was new and unfamiliar to me, I felt more comfortable quoting him directly and at length. Perhaps that unfamiliarity should have led me to seek out responses to his work. Doing that, I might have found David Mayhew's book. My blog is less about taking political stances and more about cutting through these stances to examine and encourage open discourse. To that end, I tried to set up two seemingly (though not directly) opposing views (Somin's and Kagan's) and garner responses. Thanks to you, I think this post met that goal.<br /><br />At the end, I offered a few thoughts of my own to round out a quotation-heavy post, and these thoughts are the subject of your third critique...<br /><br />(Fourth,) I think we're in agreement about the electoral tactics available to proponents of divided government, and maybe even about the tactics that might be preferable. <br /><br />Thanks again for seeking, reading, citing, and responding to a newer public writer like myself. Your response was informative, and I look forward to reading more of your work.ADhttp://questionspresented.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com