06-28-2018, 10:20 AM
(06-28-2018, 10:17 AM)hollodero Wrote: I agree with the idea, I'm just not optimistic it can be done, at least not in the foreseeable future. You have one party behaving less than ideal and another one that has completely turned cynic. And wide parts of the electorate cheer for that.
So whatever can be codified at some time in the right circumstances, it can be just undone again with ease. And since approximately 100% of Republicans believe this administration deserves nothing but nobel prizes and Trump is the greatest guy since Jesus, it doesn't look like the right of center part of the electorate would referee that one in your sense. While wide parts of the left spectrum or independents just get frustrated and don't vote any more for the party that loses the mud-throwing games. That's the picture I get.
Just for verification, there was a rule in place demanding 60% of senators have to appoint a supreme court judge, right. This would be one of these norms I guess, that can be (and was) wiped out easily. The party who won't do that and tries to collect points with the voters by being so civil is losing.
Finally, I think what you want to achieve can only be achieved by giving the other side a taste of their own medicine. Else, they would have zero incentive to change things, since the current way to do things plays out so fine for them.
Well, the only way to really do this all in full would be a new constitution or some serious amendments. Which is a long game.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
