tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post320181466542966542..comments2023-10-16T07:13:12.123-05:00Comments on A plain blog about politics: Sunday Question for ConservativesJonathan Bernsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-47702466249066209372013-07-15T17:24:06.693-05:002013-07-15T17:24:06.693-05:00If I read this right, the complaint is that becaus...If I read this right, the complaint is that because far fewer people engage the question for conservatives than engage the question for liberals, then the blog is biased and not useful?<br />That's one theory.<br />Another is that many conservatives no longer want to engage in forums that aren't just +1s for their ideological position.<br />Bernstein seems to want to engage a variety of voices and commenters. That conservatives demur isn't evidence to me that he's the problem.Raflwnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-71645841674515438232013-07-15T09:12:10.445-05:002013-07-15T09:12:10.445-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.purushanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-84828824884252336382013-07-15T08:28:37.630-05:002013-07-15T08:28:37.630-05:00If anyone doubts that this blog is just another pa...If anyone doubts that this blog is just another partisan pile-on, observe how few responses these questions get now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-83238070354108513072013-07-15T04:38:46.085-05:002013-07-15T04:38:46.085-05:00Agree completely with the above poster. I'd su...Agree completely with the above poster. I'd support a 90-vote Senate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-5768678428336033082013-07-14T18:32:55.388-05:002013-07-14T18:32:55.388-05:00Yes, I support a 60 vote Senate. It makes legislat...Yes, I support a 60 vote Senate. It makes legislating more difficult, and since much legislation involves very high compliance costs for the private sector, slowing the pace of new legislation is a good idea. Members of Congress and state legislatures are biased in favor of passing bills, it makes them feel important and useful, and I think it is good to remember Calvin Coolidge's admonition to the Massachusetts legislature to "allow administration to catch up with legislation." It is clear, for example, that although the Dodd-Frank bill became law in 2010, financial regulation has not yet caught up with that legislation, as many of the required deadlines for rulemaking were missed by the executive branch.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com