The more expansive and intrusive government policy and regulation become, the more important that said policies represent those of most people. Since both parties pander to fringe partisans, we need super-majorities in Congress to keep more extreme ideas from being imposed by 50% plus one.
As for conservatives promoting incumbents and GOP party interests, of course they do--just like Democrats.
The more expansive and intrusive government policy and regulation become, the more important that said policies represent those of most people. Since both parties pander to fringe partisans, we need super-majorities in Congress to keep more extreme ideas from being imposed by 50% plus one.
As for conservatives promoting incumbents and GOP party interests, of course they do--just like Democrats.
«The more expansive and intrusive government policy and regulation become, the more important that said policies represent those of most people. Since both parties pander to fringe partisans, we need super-majorities»
I think that you may be forgetting that the most "expansive and intrusive government policy and regulation" like PATRIOT Act, Afghanistan+Iraq TARP+bailout have been approved by 90%+ congressional majorities, because those are the policies where the entire ruling class likes. The "controversial" ones that appear prominently on the media are usually just posturing for the benefit of gullible voters.
The more expansive and intrusive government policy and regulation become, the more important that said policies represent those of most people. Since both parties pander to fringe partisans, we need super-majorities in Congress to keep more extreme ideas from being imposed by 50% plus one.
As for conservatives promoting incumbents and GOP party interests, of course they do--just like Democrats.
«The more expansive and intrusive government policy and regulation become, the more important that said policies represent those of most people. Since both parties pander to fringe partisans, we need super-majorities»
I think that you may be forgetting that the most "expansive and intrusive government policy and regulation" like PATRIOT Act, Afghanistan+Iraq TARP+bailout have been approved by 90%+ congressional majorities, because those are the policies where the entire ruling class likes. The "controversial" ones that appear prominently on the media are usually just posturing for the benefit of gullible voters.