Difference between revisions of "National Politics:Political Gridlock"
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=== News and Commentary === | === News and Commentary === | ||
* Boston Globe: [http://cache.boston.com/multimedia/ebook/brokencity/broken-city-final.pdf Broken City], e-book collection of Globe articles from its Washington Bureau (Oct 16, 2013). Articles referenced are: | * Boston Globe: [http://cache.boston.com/multimedia/ebook/brokencity/broken-city-final.pdf Broken City], e-book collection of Globe articles from its Washington Bureau (Oct 16, 2013). Articles referenced are: | ||
** Turning the map into a partisan weapon | ** [http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2013/06/22/new-district-maps-reaped-rewards-for-gop-congress-but-cost-fewer-moderates-more-gridlock/B6jCugm94tpBvVu77ay0wJ/story.html Turning the map into a partisan weapon], by Tracy Jan (July 22, 2013) | ||
** A lesson for Bob Dole: old rules no longer apply | ** A lesson for Bob Dole: old rules no longer apply | ||
** Deadlock by design hobbles election agency | ** Deadlock by design hobbles election agency | ||
Revision as of 10:43, 7 September 2014
News and Commentary
- Boston Globe: Broken City, e-book collection of Globe articles from its Washington Bureau (Oct 16, 2013). Articles referenced are:
- Turning the map into a partisan weapon, by Tracy Jan (July 22, 2013)
- A lesson for Bob Dole: old rules no longer apply
- Deadlock by design hobbles election agency
- Kansas district shuns compromise
- Tax lobbyists help businesses reap windfalls
- As Obama, Senate collide, courts caught short
- For freshmen in Congress, focus is on raising money
- Democratic strategy promotes Tea Party
- Washington's robust market for attacks and half-truths
- One nominee, 1,000 questions
- Not the Congress he used to know
- Farm bill fails as trade-offs of yore vanish
- The role of partisan media
- Many D.C. think tanks now player in partisan wars
- Boehner pulled from two directions
- Obama's vision of unity led only to a wider gap
- Researcher helps sow climate-change doubt
- Bipartisan group finds bridges hard to build
- Solutions
- Ideas abound for breaking logjam, but D.C. isn't listening
- Nonpartisan primaries become a game changer
- UK's parliamentary system offers clues for escaping gridlock
- Connecticut bucking tide of election dollars
- Iowa keeping partisanship off the map