Consensus Above All

There are a number of key points I don’t agree with here. But it’s a very important corrective, reality check about caucus/legislative politics politics – the incentives that legislative leaders operate under, which they set for themselves. From TPM Reader JB …

One of the things modern online culture creates is an illusion of participation. If one can express a view on a political or policy development and be read or listened to by a large number of people, it can seem as if one is participating in directing events. Not actually directing them, mind you, but influencing those who are, even in a roundabout or inchoate way.