realclearpolitics.com - 1/11/2009
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January 03, 2009 No Permanent Majorities in America By Michael Barone As we approach the change from a Republican to a Democratic administration, I have been thinking about the differences in the basic character of our two historic parties -- the oldest and third oldest free political parties ...
yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 1/14/2009
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yglesias.thinkprogress.org —
Not only is this barrel full of tax
cuts proposed by the Republican Study Committee pretty bad...
stimulus, but to even call a package of permanent tax cuts a “alternative stimulus” is a serious abuse of the term. The idea of a stimulus ...
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Stimulus vs. Permanent
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Election Review: Moving Beyond “Permanent Majorities”
The Hollywood Liberal —
... Michael Barone’s latest column is an important one. Its central thesis is that in a diverse country with a long tradition of competitive two-party elections, trying to build a permanent majority is a fool’s errand. This is a point worth amplifying - as it relates to our ongoing series on the election. The classic view of realignments is that they occur in roughly 30-year intervals. Under this framework, the elections of 1800, 1828, 1860, 1896, and 1932 represent realignments, or sharp breaks with the elections that preceded them, resulting in the birth of new, lasting ...
Moving Beyond "Permanent Majorities"
Real Clear Politics - TIME.com —
Michael Barone's latest column is an important one. Its central thesis is that in a diverse country with a long tradition of competitive two-party elections, trying to build a permanent majority is a fool's errand. This is a point worth amplifying - as it relates to our ongoing series on the election. The classic view of realignments is that they occur in roughly 30-year intervals. Under this framework, the elections of 1800, 1828, 1860, 1896, and 1932 represent realignments, or sharp breaks with the elections that preceded them, resulting in the birth of new, lasting majority ...
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