Let's be real: the Miers nomination is dead. Senators say she doesn't have the votes. Tradesports has her sinking. And John Fund has already written the post-mortem.
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And that's a good thing.
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The failure of the Mier's nomination comes only weeks after another positive development: a grassroots backlash against pork-barrel politics in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Rather than accepting the business as usual politics voters have pressured their representatives to cut down on spending. It all makes me wonder: how much of this would have occurred 10 years ago before the internet really took hold? Or 20 years ago before the revitalization of talk radio?
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And that's a good thing.
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The failure of the Mier's nomination comes only weeks after another positive development: a grassroots backlash against pork-barrel politics in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Rather than accepting the business as usual politics voters have pressured their representatives to cut down on spending. It all makes me wonder: how much of this would have occurred 10 years ago before the internet really took hold? Or 20 years ago before the revitalization of talk radio?
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I usually read two newspapers a day, the WSJ and the WashPost. Yet I don't recall seeing much, if any, attention given to the Coburn amendment for example. How would I have learned about this without the internet? How would people have teamed together pre-internet to launch an effective lobbying campaign for it?
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Does improved technology hold the promise of better government? I don't know, but it's worth chewing over. Take advantage of the comments.
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