I wish I were as sanguine as you about "stolen base politics" being doomed.
> And if you try to impose it anyway, you’ll eventually have to stop, or (like Democrats in Virginia) you’ll be voted out and replaced by someone who will.
Plenty of positions where you can't get voted out. Only father time votes out supreme court justices.
I wish I were as sanguine as you about "stolen base politics" being doomed.
> And if you try to impose it anyway, you’ll eventually have to stop, or (like Democrats in Virginia) you’ll be voted out and replaced by someone who will.
Plenty of positions where you can't get voted out. Only father time votes out supreme court justices.
Plenty of other positions where the people who *can* get voted out are so insulated that it never happens in practice, like for instance the small suburb I live in with off-off year city council elections every 4 years. Or school board elections that happen in special election times in March of major election years so that no one knows about them except the people who put extra effort into reading the elections calendar in particular.
One (mostly) positive thing that’s happened bc of Covid is people being more engaged with what their local officials are doing. At least that’s my anecdotal observation. I started attending our council’s virtual meetings and sending letters when it seemed like would never end their mask mandate.
I wish I were as sanguine as you about "stolen base politics" being doomed.
> And if you try to impose it anyway, you’ll eventually have to stop, or (like Democrats in Virginia) you’ll be voted out and replaced by someone who will.
Plenty of positions where you can't get voted out. Only father time votes out supreme court justices.
Plenty of other positions where the people who *can* get voted out are so insulated that it never happens in practice, like for instance the small suburb I live in with off-off year city council elections every 4 years. Or school board elections that happen in special election times in March of major election years so that no one knows about them except the people who put extra effort into reading the elections calendar in particular.
One (mostly) positive thing that’s happened bc of Covid is people being more engaged with what their local officials are doing. At least that’s my anecdotal observation. I started attending our council’s virtual meetings and sending letters when it seemed like would never end their mask mandate.