T he debris of Reaganism is scattered across Bill Clinton’s domestic agenda: Environmentalism may be slow to take hold at the Interior Department because friends of industry have “burrowed in” to the bureaucracy. Sound industrial policy will call for better information than the Commerce Department and Federal Trade Commission have to offer. Crafting welfare reform […]
Elections
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Crediting the Voters: A New Beginning for Campaign Finance
W hen Americans register to vote, they should be issued a credit card by a special public company– call it the Patriot card and color it red, white, and blue. This card will become the basis of campaign finance. Suppose each voter’s card were automatically credited with a $10 balance for the 1996 presidential election. […]
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Limits of Teledemocracy
Some uses of the electronic media could enrich politics. Most recent proposals, however, are video games at best and Bonapartism at worst.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Divided They Govern
Divided government isn’t what it’s cracked up to be.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Memo on Presidential Transition
A presidential scholar’s still–timely confidential transition memo to candidate John Kennedy, dated September 15, 1960.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Electoral Detox: A Twelve-Step Cure for Donor Dependency
“Hi, I’m Congressman Bob, and I’ve got a problem. I’m hooked on campaign contributions.” That should be the first step.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Constitutional Mischief: What’s Wrong with Term Limitations
How to fill legislatures with the old, the rich, and the bought.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Reconstructing a Democratic Vision
A political pollster and strategist suggests how the Democrats can reclaim the middle class without moving right.