Jindal is correct in saying that Mitt Romney's failure was in large part his inability to move beyond simply criticizing Obama and offer a detailed positive policy alternative.
But they are unlikely to generate enough participation to make optional insurance robust policy alternative to Medicaid, which is how the U.S. pays for nearly half of all paid personal care today.
Not only does it provide a rapid canter through an emerging policy alternative that may soon be the mainstream thinking among Tory backbenchers, but it also maps out the dangerous ideological crosscurrents in which policies, and indeed governments, can easily flounder.
If the U.S. government permits such flim-flams as parent-to-subsidiary laterals and barter arrangements as a substitute for cash to circumvent ILSA (and, any other sanction regime), it can forget about having sanctions serve in the future as an effective policy alternative to generally ineffectual diplomatic demarches and draconian military responses.
And, if so, when do you think the Democrats might form a coherent response and suggest an alternative policy.
An alternative policy, supported by opposition parties, would be to improve the facilities and standard of teaching in existing schools.
Mr Carney said the bank's long-time policy of targeting inflation had proved successful in both the UK and Canada, setting a "high bar" for any alternative policy.
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The only alternative policy would be one of permanent partition and garrisoning of a defeated Germany, for which the democracies have neither the strength nor the moral mandate.
Echoing the concerns, Prof Allyson Pollock, director of the Centre for International Public Health Policy, said alternative providers, such as NHS 24, community pharmacists and ambulance personnel, were not a substitute for doctors providing traditional GP care.
One of the reasons we have a situation where we are going back time and time again, beating our heads against the wall with this false paradigm of peace on the basis of the establishment of a Palestinian state, is because the left has discounted any alternative policy.
The line-up this year: Credit and housing markets, export growth, health care, tax policy, infrastructure, alternative energy and improving economic statistics.
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The alternative taxing policy being touted by Republicans is to allow for companies to bring back offshore profits at a reduced rate, as low as 5.25%.
Board member Deputy David Inglis told BBC Guernsey they were "following guidelines laid down by the Policy Council to investigate alternative ways of running Beau Sejour".
Some in the FDP who voted against the ESM, such as Lars Lindemann, think the party should sketch out an alternative euro policy with more emphasis on austerity.
Speaking on Monday, he said he was also "sceptical" of alternative monetary policy targets to price stability, such as gross domestic product targeting, since any, even temporary, loosening of inflation expectations would "poison" central bank credibility.
If pressed, Israeli officials will admit that relying on U.S. troops to provide filtered intelligence according to timetables subject to U.S. policy is not a realistic alternative for Israel, whose survival hinges on early warning and rapid mobilization of reserve forces.
In a recent report, the Home Affairs Committee said a Royal Commission should examine policy and consult the public on alternative ideas.
It discusses the advantages and disadvantages of an array of policy options, like eliminating the alternative minimum tax, lowering the corporate tax rate, modifying capital gains taxation and eliminating tax expenditures.
But aid workers in Laos query how long such a policy can be sustained, given that alternative crops often provide miserly returns from uncertain markets, not least because of Laos's appalling infrastructure.
They can take comfort, however, that congressional Democrats seem unable to offer an alternative to the administration's policy in Iraq.
Although initially rejected by policy-makers and economists alike, this alternative - at least as a temporary measure - is back on the agenda.
No matter how much policy makers try to accelerate the growth of alternative vehicle fuels, from alcohol to electrons, the collective impact will be miniscule in any meaningful time-frame.
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His skepticism is shared by the CBO and Medicare actuary, which every year have felt compelled to offer an alternative fiscal scenario that reflects current policy knowing that this provides a far more accurate depiction of our long-run fiscal future than the current law baseline.
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Listening to the Republicans talk about the economy and economic policy, however, is like entering into an alternative reality.
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The alternative is an independent America pursuing a policy of prosperity.
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But for many people, the alternative to a political advertisement is not a policy seminar, but a beer commercial.
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We're just going to have to put our heads together--our national energy policy--and try to come up with some alternative ways.
The assembly government also drew the committee's fire with its TAN 8 policy for focusing on windfarms as a main source of alternative energy.
The administration offers little guidance on energy policy, though it stresses the need to invest in alternative energy sources, including nuclear and hydropower as well as biofuels for vehicles.
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An upcoming Center for Security Policy report will analyze several of the most promising of these alternative approaches in the near future.
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