Yuval Levin, editor of National Affairs magazine, noted that when institutions work properly, they also shape our character. To make use of our freedom in ways that are constructive … requires a person who is formed in a certain way to be able to use our freedom responsibly. But while all institutions can play a formative role, some do so in a more positive way than others. For example, the worlds of television and New York real estate shape an individual in a much different way than do the institutions of politics, government, law and the university.
Donald Trump is the first president to enter the presidency without being molded by the institutions and cultures that have shaped the character of every other president in American history. And Trump illustrates the change in the way that many people now view institutions, not as something bigger than themselves, but as something to make themselves bigger.
To Trump, the presidency is not an office to be respected and preserved. Rather, it is a role to be played, with the goal being his own self-promotion, rather than service to the country and its citizens, Levin said. That leaves the rest of the system missing the president. The changes to party primaries after the election took power away from party bosses and put it in the hands of regular voters. Congress has also enacted reforms — like eliminating earmarks — that have reduced its own ability to achieve compromise and pass legislation.
Congressional leaders are far less able to corral votes than in the past. And so — despite the widespread belief in an all-powerful establishment — the political system is increasingly out of control, creating a negative feedback loop.
People blame dysfunction on the establishment and call for more reform. The reform further weakens the ability of parties and party leaders and increases dysfunction and chaos. And public outrage grows, leading to calls for more reform. Parties make it possible for politicians to deliver on the promises they make during campaigns. But they also can shape those promises and keep them from getting out of touch with reality.
Kamarck, one of the leading experts on primary politics and an influential DNC member, has proposed a new pre-primary process through which a party could signal to its members who it finds acceptable and who is not. That could take place through a convention that precedes the primary elections, or through a requirement that party elders make endorsements before voters start going to the polls.
The party could even decide that candidates who did not receive a certain percentage of a pre-primary convention vote would not be on the ballot. Of course, the objection many raise is that this would be undemocratic. But parties are private organizations. Rauch argues that a less directly democratic system, with stronger parties, would represent more people rather than less.
Yes, you have to have elections and direct participation. But you also need people who are there for the long term. You need experts and professionals, career politicians who will be around, who will be able to look at all this, and look around and say OK, who is not represented in that primary election? But the Senate was much more removed from the people. At the founding, senators were elected by state legislatures, not voters. This changed in with the ratification of the 17th amendment.
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