“I have to be honest and say members of both political parties have contributed to de-legitimization of the process. Even President Barack Obama when he was a senator, contributed to it, in the sense of voting against a well-qualified individual because he disagreed with the view. Again, that's the prerogative of the senators. They're allowed to express their views on any basis.” PoliticalIndividualPresidentPartyHonestBarackBeing HonestVotingPolitical PartiesPresident Barack Obama Author:Martha Minow
“I think frustration unfortunately, reflects a real breakdown in the political parties themselves, which is fascinating because our constitution did not anticipate political parties. They're not even written in the Constitution, there's no guidelines. When we look at the arcane processes of delegate selection in the primaries and caucuses, it's not in the Constitution. This is all created post Constitution. And yet I think we're in the middle of tensions between and within the political parties. They're not functioning that well.” ThinkingRealPoliticalPartyConstitutionTensionFrustrationPolitical PartiesBreakdown Author:Martha Minow
“I think that we see some cities that have developed living wage ordinances. I think that we see some efforts to actually put real restrictions on unscrupulous behavior by creditors. I think that the Consumer Finance Agency is a reflection of a political reaction to the abuses behind the financial disaster. I hope the system will continue to react.” ThinkingRealPoliticalEffortBehaviorReflectionAbuseFinancialDisasterFinance Author:Martha Minow
