http://abstractpolitics.com/2010/05/the-declining-talent-pool-of-government/ Notes on political science research Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:06:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://abstractpolitics.com/2010/05/the-declining-talent-pool-of-government/comment-page-1/#comment-219 Adam The post author Tue, 06 Jul 2010 22:58:38 +0000 http://abstractpolitics.com/?p=218#comment-219 My extension of the logic to U.S. elections is imperfect. But why must there be a singular authority determining talent? (Even if we needed one, the median voter could play that role.) The point is that incumbents know that voters would rather have the devil they know than the devil they don't, and that dynamic allows for some underperformance, defined however you wish. My extension of the logic to U.S. elections is imperfect. But why must there be a singular authority determining talent? (Even if we needed one, the median voter could play that role.) The point is that incumbents know that voters would rather have the devil they know than the devil they don’t, and that dynamic allows for some underperformance, defined however you wish.

]]> http://abstractpolitics.com/2010/05/the-declining-talent-pool-of-government/comment-page-1/#comment-218 guest Unregistered Tue, 06 Jul 2010 20:44:01 +0000 http://abstractpolitics.com/?p=218#comment-218 What about the fact that, in the U.S. scenario at least, the incumbent may have been herself a "benchwarmer"? It seems the British example is more applicable because there is a singler authority determining which cabinet members constitute the "talent" and which potential members constitute the "benchwarmers." How would that be determined in the U.S.? What about the fact that, in the U.S. scenario at least, the incumbent may have been herself a “benchwarmer”? It seems the British example is more applicable because there is a singler authority determining which cabinet members constitute the “talent” and which potential members constitute the “benchwarmers.” How would that be determined in the U.S.?

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