Tag Archives: partisanship

The End Of Swing-Back-To-The-Center Elections

The End Of Swing-Back-To-The-Center Elections

The historic pattern for one seeking to become the president of the United States has been to run your primary election campaign away from the political center, towards the activist base of your party. You then swing back towards the center, once you’ve secured your party’s nomination, so you can catch the necessary chunk of… Continue Reading

Picturing Gerrymandering Wrong

Picturing Gerrymandering Wrong

You may have seen this image (originally from reddit) and the accompanying article from the Washington Post about what gerrymandering is, and why it is a problem. But the real problems are articles and images that challenge gerrymandering while conflating space and population, ignoring other considerations, and assuming the existence of an easy solution that simply doesn’t… Continue Reading

A Real Foreign Policy Chance

A Real Foreign Policy Chance

Graeme Wood recently headlined the March issue of The Atlantic with his piece What ISIS Really Wants.  It’s a broad reaching and disturbing look at the underpinnings of their organization, their goals, and ultimately what likely is the best course of action for the United States in containing and ultimately defeating ISIS.  What’s troubling, besides… Continue Reading

Thank Goodness for Partisanship!

Thank Goodness for Partisanship!

I was watching State of Affairs the other night (I know, I know, it’s ridiculous) and noticed a positive element of partisanship (party loyalty and separation) that’s worth pointing out.* What caught my attention tonight was a secret meeting between a high-level staffer and a leader in the opposition party. In that meeting, the leader… Continue Reading

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