On Jan 23, 2010, at 2:26 PM, Joseph Catron wrote:
>> By most accounts, Gore is fairly likable in person. But so what? Why
>> should likability matter? We're not drinking beer with them, we're
>> giving
>> them state power.
>>
>
> Spoken like a true economist! I think the implicit assumption that
> human
> beings are - or should be - rational machines breaks down even more
> quickly
> in political science.
Hey, I'm the first to say that. I've long said that one of Nader's problems as a politician is that he makes Al Gore look like a cut-up. But, really, Scott Brown is a horror. (Had I been in Mass, I wouldn't have voted for Croaker either.) Likability in that context is a pretty minor consideration.
Doug