Big Agenda by David Horowitz

Author:David Horowitz
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: POL040010 Political Science / American Government / Executive Branch, POL028000 Political Science / Public Policy / General
Publisher: Guggenheim Museum

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Obstructionism Is a Good Thing If the Policies Are Bad

IN BUDGET FIGHTS AND in votes over Obamacare and other legislative programs, Democrats accuse Republicans of being obstructionists. The tactic works, intimidating them sufficiently to make them relent and allow the Democrats to prevail. Republicans back off because they fear the negative reviews in the Democrat-dominated press and a loss of support from the voting public when the Democrats begin accusing them of taking away programs that benefit women, minorities, and the poor. In the short run—and in the absence of a counterattack—Republicans may suffer from saying no, but in surrendering these battles over and over, they lose the war.

Andrew McCarthy has provided a sobering thought exercise for Republicans who think a submarine mentality is the way to win the political war:

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