tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26542777.post7458394983706238366..comments2023-10-26T01:59:40.483-07:00Comments on The Dividist Papers: To discredit Dividism* in 2010 they are going to have to do better than this.mwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11181222537529037359noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26542777.post-75406577636070614772010-10-27T07:56:43.190-07:002010-10-27T07:56:43.190-07:00You'll probably want to check out the Monkey C...You'll probably want to check out the Monkey Cage: <a href="http://www.themonkeycage.org/2010/10/what_divided_government_does_d.html" rel="nofollow">What Divided Government Does: Deficit Edition</a><br /><br />"This is the first in a series of posts on what political science can tell us about divided government."Ricketsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02579799843541826447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26542777.post-42559024814061662502010-10-23T22:30:29.718-07:002010-10-23T22:30:29.718-07:00Tully,
thanks for the comments and links. I've...Tully,<br />thanks for the comments and links. I've embedded a couple of them in the post to support the argument. <br /><br />Before x-posting I think I'll need to tone it down a bit so as not to offend the delicate sensibilities of the Donk commentariat.mwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11181222537529037359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26542777.post-84919359868547910152010-10-23T09:00:29.528-07:002010-10-23T09:00:29.528-07:00Oh yeah, here's a few more charts on the explo...Oh yeah, here's a <a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/250485/three-charts-will-infuriate-taxpayers-deroy-murdock" rel="nofollow">few more charts</a> on the explosive results of that "sufficiently aggressive activist regulatory and legislative agenda ", as noted by Deroy Murdock.Tullyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03842067230152580405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26542777.post-67739186870630562992010-10-23T08:47:51.945-07:002010-10-23T08:47:51.945-07:00Spot On. A few IMAO observations:
"Gridlock&...Spot On. A few IMAO observations:<br /><br />"Gridlock" is an appropriate usage, it's just that it's being applied to individual issues rather than to the functioning of the political branches overall. The Founders counted on a divided polity to force the choice of "compromise or inaction" in a pluralistic system. That's not a contradiction of the observation that divided government and gridlock are not synonymous, but that <i>un</i>divided government is not synonymous with one party rule. The Founders anticipated that there would be divisions even within the parties that would also be a somewhat moderating force even when one party held the Congress and presidency. Of course, their faith in that was sufficiently weak that they also ended up with a Bill of Rights ...<br /><br />"Process drift" is <i>exactly</i> the thing that should guide partisan competition! The error is the assumption (that you pounded home with a sledgehammer) that ONLY one particular party's policies are the cure, when the intent of the Constitution was to force policy changes back to a pluralistic concensus. <br /><br />The Founders were big fans of King Log. Hacker and Pierson are obviously big fans of King Stork, but only when it's THEIR King Stork, whom they naively assume will only eat the other party's frogs.Tullyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03842067230152580405noreply@blogger.com