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However, in times like these, idealism must be tempered with political realism. Despite its imperfections, the bill represents the best possible product given the political climate of the time. With Mass. Senator Scott Brown’s game-changing election stripping Democrats of their supermajority in the Senate, party leaders...
Even with the stellar efforts of their party leaders, though, the victory would not be possible without the audacity of individual Democrats in the House and Senate. Healthcare was a bitterly divisive issue, and the American public trended toward opposition to the bill. Democrats in more conservative districts who voted...
Meanwhile, amidst the muddling political circus in Congress, Obama and his administration showed tenacity in refusing to forfeit their vision for reform. Campaigning on the promise of fixing America’s unfair and unsustainable healthcare system, Obama put reform at the top of his political agenda and did not...
Today, the party usurps all. Congressional campaigns are increasingly being conducted and synchronized by party leadership, with national figures frequently campaigning for local candidates. The special senatorial election in Massachusetts drew in the entire nation’s attention such that it almost made sense to enfranchise the country to...
This growing cephalization of legislative independence into the hands of a few party leaders is also evident in the growing reducibility of Election Day results to single-tally chamber majorities. Anemic third parties and the fixation on factionalized agendas have merely relegated elections to an oscillation between party majoritiesâ?...