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Can Incivility help Congress?
In the wake of Tucson, political rhetoric and incivility has taken on a new focus. John Sides at the Monkey Cage has a great post on the effect of… Read More
The “Constitutional Option”: Beating an Already Dead Horse
There is an increasing amount of confusion about what exactly the constitutional option is, and further, how often it’s invoked to enact rules changes. It’s gained recent momentum as a result… Read More
Legislative Polarization and the Effect of Primaries
One of the most interesting papers presented at APSA (of the panels that I attended) addressed the role that political primary types have on inducing legislative polarization. Eric McGhee, Seth… Read More
Inside a Senate Fillibuster
After a long job market-fueled APSA hiatus, things are back to normal (whatever that means). Our content should pick up soon. In the meantime, here is George Mitchell recalling… Read More