Word: platformization
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When it comes to describing my own affection for Potter, I’d say I fall somewhere in between fan and fanatic. I’ve read the series twice, and seen the first movie twice. When we were in London, Julia and I took a picture at platform nine of King’s Cross Station, where Harry departs for at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. And I definitely plan to see the Chamber of Secrets sometime in the next few weeks, though I won’t be lining up tomorrow when the movie comes...
...many, though, discerning which club will prove the best platform off of which to launch a political career is a critical matter worthy of serious contemplation. Some of the choices are obvious. At the IOP, says Treasurer Josh I. Weiner ’03, one can locate “more wannabe senators than you could shake a stick at.” For those with strong partisan views, the Harvard College Democrats and the Harvard Republican Club are, according to Kastner “the best place to be” if you want to run for office. Model...
These startling results proved right the pundits who argued that the Democratic platform was nothing but smoke and mirrors. They hugged President Bush’s positions on terrorism and Afghanistan; most of them even parroted his hawkish stance on Iraq. Their efforts to shift the focus to domestic issues were completely unsuccessful—which might have been a blessing in disguise, because their domestic platform was little more than tired variations of stale ideas...
Last Tuesday’s election was not a mandate for President Bush or the Republican agenda; it was a testament to the frustration of liberal voters with the absence of a compelling Democratic platform. The close margins in races around the country illustrate that voters are struggling to find a candidate in today’s political arena with an agenda powerful enough to inspire dedicated support...
...trying to capture centrist voters and remain immune from charges of lack of patriotism—defined as lack of support for the president’s agenda in wartime—Democrats have stifled the liberal ideas that once formed a clear, ideological platform strong enough to challenge conservative proposals. In this election, the Democrats presented no vision for America...