Gridlock: Can Our System Address America’s Big Problems?

A blog and event series led by Professors David Schanzer and Don Taylor at Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy

Monday, November 25, 2013

Filibusters of Executive Nominations: Good Riddance!

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As is often the case, media coverage and political debate over the Senate rule change barring filibusters of executive branch ...
Friday, December 21, 2012

Plan B Is Now "B"ipartisanship

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Last night's meltdown in the House -- where the Republican rank and file cut the legs out from its own leadership and indicated an...
Friday, November 16, 2012

What Will Democrats Be Offering on Medicare? Not Much.

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Most of the discussion since the election has been on the parties' respective positions on taxes.  This is an important debate to have, ...
Thursday, November 8, 2012

Who Will Be "Grand Bargaining" for Them?

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As Washington re-focuses on issues of taxes, spending and debt, I can't shake the images I saw while helping to get out the vote in so...

Gridlock ... Back

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"Gridlock" took a bit of a hiatus during the presidential campaign, but today, we are back.  Why not blog during the most engage...
Wednesday, September 12, 2012

The Incredible Shrinking Mitt Romney

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During a speech on foreign policy and the 2012 election in June, I noted that candidates had to pass the Commander in Chief test as a thre...
Friday, August 31, 2012

Is Micro-targeting Destroying Our Politics?

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There was nothing fundamentally wrong with Mitt Romney's speech last night at the RNC - it was pretty standard Republican fare. For my...
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