Will it be a political suicide for this politician to suggest support or praise for a recent govt. policy?
Another issue: Is it ethical not to, if indeed he feels that is is a good policy for the common good
2007-02-18 05:47:18 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
No but if they do disagree they sould stand firm.Especialy if they are republican.
2007-02-18 06:29:57 · answer #1 · answered by shawnn 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No they are not obligated, but do have the right to disagree with policies made by any US office.
I am not sure that political suicide is what you would call an already used policy and being as it has been in the forum before and was a policy who knows it may just get him the few extra supporters he needs.
Ethical not to? If there is a policy(?) that is good for the common good I think it would already be in place.
2007-02-18 14:18:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oppositions are like Auditors, they should be there to constantly check on the government, if they did something which in their opinion, is not good for the country, then they must voice out, there is no need to openly support any policies that is deemed good, like an auditor who finds a company's book in order, they just briefly mentioned everything is in order and good hands, an opposition should do just the same. But they should have an added task of counter proposing or develop new ideas that is good for the country at the same time.
2007-02-18 21:45:47 · answer #3 · answered by firefly 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course not. If that were so, NO legislation would be passed in the US Senate at present with the 51 - 49 division.
Remember for a bill or piece of legislation to pass in the Senate, it needs to have 60 votes in favour.
Some Republican senators voted with the Democrats in the 'non-binding resolution' on Iraq on Saturday, as did some Republican Congressmen on Friday. (Proves there are SOME Republicans with common sense, if nothing else)
2007-02-18 13:51:12 · answer #4 · answered by Tokoloshimani 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No but the ruling party writes as its side of a Bill it can write. then it pushes the Bill to the other side until it can get a majority. So most Bills are written to fail on their first time around.
2007-02-18 14:14:01 · answer #5 · answered by ALunaticFriend 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋