Comments for Politics In Vivo - Political and Cultural Commentary, and Whatever Else... http://www.politicsinvivo.com Political and Cultural Commentary, and Whatever Else... Fri, 01 Mar 2013 22:46:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Comment on Senator Lugar and the Rise of the Process Extremists by The Perils of Presidential Democracy, or Why Governing-by-Permanent-Crisis May be Inevitable | Politics In Vivo - Political and Cultural Commentary, and Whatever Else... http://www.politicsinvivo.com/2012/05/senator-lugar-and-the-rise-of-the-process-extremists/comment-page-1/#comment-198775 The Perils of Presidential Democracy, or Why Governing-by-Permanent-Crisis May be Inevitable | Politics In Vivo - Political and Cultural Commentary, and Whatever Else... Fri, 01 Mar 2013 22:46:14 +0000 http://www.politicsinvivo.com/2012/05/senator-lugar-and-the-rise-of-the-process-extremists/#comment-198775 [...] process of partisan sorting into ideologically homogenous parties is not necessarily a bad thing, and it’s quite natural. You see above that to Linz and other political scientists, our long [...] [...] process of partisan sorting into ideologically homogenous parties is not necessarily a bad thing, and it’s quite natural. You see above that to Linz and other political scientists, our long [...]

]]> Comment on Immigration and the Progressive Dilemma by Immigration Reform Shouldn’t Create a Permanent (Legal) Underclass | Politics In Vivo - Political and Cultural Commentary, and Whatever Else... http://www.politicsinvivo.com/2012/06/immigration-and-the-progressive-dilemma/comment-page-1/#comment-176688 Immigration Reform Shouldn’t Create a Permanent (Legal) Underclass | Politics In Vivo - Political and Cultural Commentary, and Whatever Else... Mon, 28 Jan 2013 22:27:37 +0000 http://www.politicsinvivo.com/2012/06/immigration-and-the-progressive-dilemma/#comment-176688 [...] today by eight bipartisan senators to (maybe!) actual legislation in the coming months. I’ve written before on the general contours of the immigration debate in America, but I want to comment on one part of [...] [...] today by eight bipartisan senators to (maybe!) actual legislation in the coming months. I’ve written before on the general contours of the immigration debate in America, but I want to comment on one part of [...]

]]> Comment on The Dream of the Forever Majority by The GOP Doesn’t Have a Demographic Crisis, it has a Policy Crisis | Politics In Vivo - Political and Cultural Commentary, and Whatever Else... http://www.politicsinvivo.com/2011/08/the-dream-of-the-forever-majority/comment-page-1/#comment-82445 The GOP Doesn’t Have a Demographic Crisis, it has a Policy Crisis | Politics In Vivo - Political and Cultural Commentary, and Whatever Else... Thu, 08 Nov 2012 20:38:36 +0000 http://www.politicsinvivo.com/2011/08/the-dream-of-the-forever-majority/#comment-82445 [...] can take heart: there is no such thing as a permanent majority in American politics. Eventually things will return to an equilibrium [...] [...] can take heart: there is no such thing as a permanent majority in American politics. Eventually things will return to an equilibrium [...]

]]> Comment on Ballot Questions 2012: Promised Relief for Gays, Suicidals, Pot-heads, and Paupers/Idiots by Jason Dobbins http://www.politicsinvivo.com/2012/11/ballot-questions-2012-promised-relief-for-gays-suicidals-pot-heads-and-paupersidiots/comment-page-1/#comment-82166 Jason Dobbins Wed, 07 Nov 2012 15:01:58 +0000 http://www.politicsinvivo.com/2012/11/ballot-questions-2012-promised-relief-for-gays-suicidals-pot-heads-and-paupersidiots/#comment-82166 It appears my SEO-friendly post title has attracted some....atypical readers. It appears my SEO-friendly post title has attracted some….atypical readers.

]]> Comment on Ballot Questions 2012: Promised Relief for Gays, Suicidals, Pot-heads, and Paupers/Idiots by BIBLE-STUDENT http://www.politicsinvivo.com/2012/11/ballot-questions-2012-promised-relief-for-gays-suicidals-pot-heads-and-paupersidiots/comment-page-1/#comment-82146 BIBLE-STUDENT Wed, 07 Nov 2012 12:46:41 +0000 http://www.politicsinvivo.com/2012/11/ballot-questions-2012-promised-relief-for-gays-suicidals-pot-heads-and-paupersidiots/#comment-82146 Great State of Colorado: Once beautiful. Once self respecting. Once friendly. AND ONCE UPON A TIME GOD-FEARING. TIMELINE: November 6,2012. No longer reflects all those respectable aspects listed above. COLORADO TODAY. Land of Gays and pot heads. BEWARE COLORADO: The day of Judgement is soon upon you. Great State of Colorado:
Once beautiful. Once self respecting. Once friendly. AND ONCE UPON A TIME GOD-FEARING.
TIMELINE:
November 6,2012.

No longer reflects all those respectable aspects listed above.

COLORADO TODAY. Land of Gays and pot heads.

BEWARE COLORADO: The day of Judgement is soon upon you.

]]> Comment on The Most Amazing Political Ad of 2012 by Anony http://www.politicsinvivo.com/2012/10/the-most-amazing-political-ad-of-2012/comment-page-1/#comment-80754 Anony Wed, 31 Oct 2012 16:14:19 +0000 http://www.politicsinvivo.com/2012/10/the-most-amazing-political-ad-of-2012/#comment-80754 A triple double of corn dogs, beer, and servings of tater tots is impressive no matter what. “And then to attack me for my love of corn dogs and beer, I feel strongly that the pro-corn dog segment of the electorate is going to come out in force,” Varilek said Monday. http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2012/10/29/video-blasting-corn-dog-candidate-goes-viral/ A triple double of corn dogs, beer, and servings of tater tots is impressive no matter what.

“And then to attack me for my love of corn dogs and beer, I feel strongly that the pro-corn dog segment of the electorate is going to come out in force,” Varilek said Monday.
http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2012/10/29/video-blasting-corn-dog-candidate-goes-viral/

]]> Comment on The Most Amazing Political Ad of 2012 by Jason Dobbins http://www.politicsinvivo.com/2012/10/the-most-amazing-political-ad-of-2012/comment-page-1/#comment-79593 Jason Dobbins Fri, 26 Oct 2012 18:23:20 +0000 http://www.politicsinvivo.com/2012/10/the-most-amazing-political-ad-of-2012/#comment-79593 "Once that problem is exposed to the political sphere, fuggedaboudit." Yep. The problem is that it seems that over time, there are fewer and fewer issues under the radar in this way. The moment a policy issue enters Team Sport Land, it's sucked into the culture war/identity politics dynamic, never to be considered on the merits again. I <a href="http://www.politicsinvivo.com/2011/12/foreign-policy-succumbs-to-the-culture-war/" rel="nofollow">wrote about this</a> some months ago, specifically how foreign policy, historically more resilient to this trajectory, has slowly but surely succumbed. “Once that problem is exposed to the political sphere, fuggedaboudit.”

Yep. The problem is that it seems that over time, there are fewer and fewer issues under the radar in this way. The moment a policy issue enters Team Sport Land, it’s sucked into the culture war/identity politics dynamic, never to be considered on the merits again.

I wrote about this some months ago, specifically how foreign policy, historically more resilient to this trajectory, has slowly but surely succumbed.

]]> Comment on The Most Amazing Political Ad of 2012 by Anonymous http://www.politicsinvivo.com/2012/10/the-most-amazing-political-ad-of-2012/comment-page-1/#comment-79579 Anonymous Fri, 26 Oct 2012 17:26:43 +0000 http://www.politicsinvivo.com/2012/10/the-most-amazing-political-ad-of-2012/#comment-79579 I disagree that this is "the most amazing political ad of 2012," but I think your assessment of its Rorschach-ness is spot on. As the issues at the heart of modern policy making have become increasingly complex, our political environment has become stupider to an inversely proportional degree. The average voter can't (and doesn't want to) understand climate science, so politicians (many of whom couldn't understand it even if they wanted to) exploit these issues as dog whistles to wedge the electorate apart. Everything boils down to whether you're on "Team Red" or "Team Blue" like national policy making is a game of Halo or something. My personal prejudice is that the less-qualified, stupider candidates typically use the wedges more often because they could never win votes based on their actual qualifications. The good news is that below the line of issues that get national attention (which is actually a surprising number of issues), the two sides can still work together to solve a complex problem. Once that problem is exposed to the political sphere, fuggedaboudit. I disagree that this is “the most amazing political ad of 2012,” but I think your assessment of its Rorschach-ness is spot on. As the issues at the heart of modern policy making have become increasingly complex, our political environment has become stupider to an inversely proportional degree. The average voter can’t (and doesn’t want to) understand climate science, so politicians (many of whom couldn’t understand it even if they wanted to) exploit these issues as dog whistles to wedge the electorate apart. Everything boils down to whether you’re on “Team Red” or “Team Blue” like national policy making is a game of Halo or something. My personal prejudice is that the less-qualified, stupider candidates typically use the wedges more often because they could never win votes based on their actual qualifications.

The good news is that below the line of issues that get national attention (which is actually a surprising number of issues), the two sides can still work together to solve a complex problem. Once that problem is exposed to the political sphere, fuggedaboudit.

]]> Comment on This is Your Brain on Liberalism and Conservatism by The Most Amazing Political Ad of 2012 | Politics In Vivo - Political and Cultural Commentary, and Whatever Else... http://www.politicsinvivo.com/2012/06/this-is-your-brain-on-liberalism-and-conservatism/comment-page-1/#comment-79330 The Most Amazing Political Ad of 2012 | Politics In Vivo - Political and Cultural Commentary, and Whatever Else... Thu, 25 Oct 2012 17:26:23 +0000 http://www.politicsinvivo.com/2012/06/this-is-your-brain-on-liberalism-and-conservatism/#comment-79330 [...] (typeof(addthis_share) == "undefined"){ addthis_share = [];}A little while ago I wrote about Jonathon Haidt’s research on how liberals and conservatives appeal to completely opposite moral categories when they assess [...] [...] (typeof(addthis_share) == "undefined"){ addthis_share = [];}A little while ago I wrote about Jonathon Haidt’s research on how liberals and conservatives appeal to completely opposite moral categories when they assess [...]

]]> Comment on Debate Punditry! by Jason Dobbins http://www.politicsinvivo.com/2012/10/debate-punditry/comment-page-1/#comment-75407 Jason Dobbins Thu, 04 Oct 2012 19:18:51 +0000 http://www.politicsinvivo.com/2012/10/debate-punditry/#comment-75407 Funny, he's speaking at Politics and Prose tonight, I was planning to go. Funny, he’s speaking at Politics and Prose tonight, I was planning to go.

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