It forced Obama to do something unusual and difficult for a candidate: he needed to separate politics and governance in the midst of a political campaign in which there was often no distinction.
More than that, though, it is a function of that far more Beltway-unique tendency, to report and comment on politics and governance as pure gamesmanship in such a way that conveys savvy but not judgment.
Meanwhile chaotic Italy seems to be faring well, with its crazy politics and haphazard governance.
Indeed, it should be noted that in the course of the current biennium (2012-13), UNESCO has provided (and will continue to do so in 2013) similar support to civil society organizations in Africa, working to promote peaceful and constructive participation in electoral politics and democratic governance - especially of youth.
Corruption and the failure of everyday politics have made governance in the north Caucasus completely ineffective, according to Ekaterina Sokiryanskaya of Memorial, a human-rights group.
For example: Men, habituated to teaming up in forms of disciplined aggression and governance (hunting, war, politics), possess well-developed, wary instincts about other men, including their qualities of leadership.
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It is correct that Obama and his administration love patronage politics, an alien form of governance imposed on traditional America from far-flung Chicago. (More distant roots of American patronage politics can be found as Reihan Salam brilliantly reminds us in deepest, darkest Southern Europe.) Patronage politics is the art and science of doling out goodies in exchange for support.
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Politics is how we govern ourselves and political speech is essential to self-governance.
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To strengthen and empower communities, Chavez propelled policies of inclusion and participatory governance, giving voice to those previously excluded from politics.
If there was any hope the tax debate could be separated from that seemingly distant presidential contest, it was extinguished when Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell declared that his party's main political goal was to deny Mr. Obama a second term and when the president seized upon that comment to portray the Republicans as more interested in politics than in governance.
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