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26 Jun 2007 01:49 pm

Me and Jon Chait, hating on David Broder together.

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Since when did "partisanship" become synonymous with "disagreement"?

There's a big difference between passionately debating the merits of individual policy and petty political bickering that's less about differences in policy position and more about promoting party unity and winning one for the home team. The former is democracy, the latter is "partisanship."

To be fair, I've never been able to sit through an entire bloggingheads video (and not for lack of intelligent heads) so maybe you guys touch on the distinction somewhere past the 1 minute mark.

Posted by Dave | June 26, 2007 2:10 PM

Don't hate, guys.

Note the words of that classic 60's tune:

"C'mon people now,
Smile on your Broder
Ev'rybody get together
Try and love one another right now"

Peace. ;)

Posted by David | June 26, 2007 3:12 PM

This is fun, but you make a point that doesn't really make a ton of sense in the second segment. You keep pushing Chait to concede that there's some difference between "giving" parties money and lowering their taxation burden. But from an economic perspective, there really isn't a difference between a subsidy paid out of collected revenues and a tax break.

A ten-dollar tax cut lowers the state's balance just as much as a ten-dollar subsidy. A ten-dollar tax cut raises your balance just as much as a ten-dollar subsidy. It's just a superficial difference with no important substance outside of whose accounts the dollars pass through.

Posted by aeroman | June 27, 2007 12:34 AM