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...motivated representatives who are passionate about progressive change—who will fight for our values and our ideals in our nation’s capital. While the march toward progress is often slow and frustrating, the American government—with the active participation of its constituents??can and will create a better tomorrow...
...Interestingly, Nate Silver—the infamous election pollster of website 538—has found that in 34 of 52 Blue Dog Democrat districts, a plurality of constituents now support the policy. The Blue Dogs don’t need a graceful way to cover themselves from their constituents?? backlash so much as they need to maintain the loyalty of their campaign contributors...
...under $20 million—found herself thrust into the spotlight as a public figure tasked with bringing together the University’s traditionally disparate schools. Over the past few months, Faust has found herself in a communicative role, in which she has had to bring all constituents??faculty, students, staff, and alumni—to a common understanding of the state of the University.In response, donors have expressed warm support for Faust’s leadership in the face of extreme financial pressure, praising what they view as her transparent and cautious approach in identifying University...
...scandal isn’t about “gay predators or gay anything” (as Timothy Egan insisted in his blog for the New York Times) is the implicit acknowledgement that Adams’s “betrayal” was not just of his constituents?? trust, but also of the gay community at large. When Adams denied the relationship during his campaign, he smeared his accuser, insisting that the charges were indicative of the worst kind of homophobia. Now, some gays rightly feel duped by someone who was supposed to be a leader. Adams?...
...projects, the type of political venture embodied by Obama and his ilk is dreadfully misguided. Because it relies on the logic of representation, the system-internal strategy endorses a conception of power that ultimately stultifies those it originally sought to serve. It expects the newly-empowered to represent their constituents?? interests completely. Against this, we must assert that the disconnect between power and the people—intrinsic to representative government—cannot be bridged permanently by the good will, intellect, or charm of the powerful. Instead, these managers of political change end up drowning in their...