Comment by Dr. Steven Taylor — Thursday, November 29, 2007 @ 5:06 pm
Grim. Such a referendum would be clearly unacceptable in Portugal. Referndum questions have to be very specific and clear. Nothing like this sort of listing would be permissable here – our Constitution would not allow for it. Doesn’t feel at all right…
Regards.
Comment by james — Thursday, November 29, 2007 @ 6:38 pm
The electoral path to authoritarianism?
A president need not have an institutionalized party as his vehicle for political support. It is feasible to have a party that is little more than a vehicle for placing presidential loyalists in the legislature via the president’s own coattails. …
Great stuff, Prof. Poliblogger!
So, two packages, lots bundled into each.
Comment by MSS — Thursday, November 29, 2007 @ 4:15 pm
Nothing like a good old-fashioned logroll!
Comment by Chris Lawrence — Thursday, November 29, 2007 @ 4:49 pm
More like a whole forest!
Comment by Dr. Steven Taylor — Thursday, November 29, 2007 @ 5:06 pm
Grim. Such a referendum would be clearly unacceptable in Portugal. Referndum questions have to be very specific and clear. Nothing like this sort of listing would be permissable here – our Constitution would not allow for it. Doesn’t feel at all right…
Regards.
Comment by james — Thursday, November 29, 2007 @ 6:38 pm
The electoral path to authoritarianism?
A president need not have an institutionalized party as his vehicle for political support. It is feasible to have a party that is little more than a vehicle for placing presidential loyalists in the legislature via the president’s own coattails. …
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