The Parties Have Different Approaches to Governing

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The Parties Have Different Approaches to Governing

April 21, 2022 at 3:00 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 13 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2022/04/21/the-parties-have-very-different-approaches-to-governing/

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Jonathan Bernstein: “Republicans are happy to put anyone in office as long as they’ll be a reliable vote. Democrats are looking more for substance from politicians. That didn’t used to be the case — as recently as the 1980s, neither party had a reputation for politicians who were more prepared or took the job more seriously. Then Republicans nominated George W. Bush for the presidency with far too limited experience. And then they nominated Trump.”

“Of course, there are Republicans in Congress — and in statehouses and other positions — who take governing seriously, and Democrats who don’t. But the parties are no longer equal in that respect.”

“One of the sad things about all of this is that partisan polarization among voters has actually made candidates less important. Theoretically, at least, that should give parties more freedom to nominate candidates based on experience and an expressed interest in public affairs. Parties still care about any small potential advantages they can get, and in a close campaign even very small factors matter. So that may sometimes argue for a know-nothing celebrity candidate. But the truth is, Republicans could really use some legislative talent in Congress — especially if they win control of it in November.”

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Dyslexics are good in changing dynamic situations like politics (George Washington, Churchill, Woodrow Wilson, Teddy Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, JFK Reagan, Bushes I & II, Gore, Trump, etc). They counterpunch and debate well. They read a crowd. They pull down human constructs/fictions because they can't remember the details annd see around them. When they are not wholy owned by the GOP and those GOP narratives they can really deliver. But run the country with only these types? Is this who you want running your human constructs like government? People notoriously bad at details? It will be like crabs in a bucket pulling down any organization. Which is a feature for Thiel and the GOP: no elite class in Washington. No bureaucracy. No experts. (Dyslexic Applegrove)

[jcgoldie]

1. Yeah... one believes in it and the other doesn't at all.

[11 Bravo]

2. Yup. One of them actually WANTS to.

[Hortensis]

3. Before the 1980s, Republicans overall tended to believe far more in substance also.

That's why the measure is relatively similar, even if any comparison suggesting lack of real differences between the parties is an extremely misleading one. The change occurred with the GOP, not Democrats, as it became more and more corrupted and taken over by extremism. And of course as liberals and conservatives separated out and consolidated in the Democratic and Republican parties respectively.

A related phenomenon on the right was that many of the old conservative families with traditions of substantive public service (by sending members to hold office) refused to go along and backed away from what was happening and/or were purged by those who'd taken over the GOP.

[Omnipresent]

4. Republicans don't want fair elections, so much so...

They’d rather have a fascist form of government.

[onecaliberal]

5. That is not the case. Republicans are not interested in governing

Or helping people. They’re in it to get rich. PERIOD.

[Midnight Writer]

6. One party seeks to serve the country, the other party wants to rule the country.