1nc T
A. Interpretation:
Democracy assistance is assistance for civil society, political parties and elections
Mitchell and Phillips 8 (Lincoln A., Arnold A. Saltzman Assistant Professor in the Practice of International
Politics at Columbia University’s School of International and Political Affairs, Chief of Party for the National
Democratic Institute (NDI) in Georgia, and David L., project director of the National Committee on American Foreign Policy and a visiting scholar at Columbia University’s Center for the Study of Human Rights. Former senior adviser to the US Department of State and the United Nations Secretariat. “Enhancing Democracy Assistance,” January 2008, The National Committee on American Foreign Policy, The Atlantic Council of the United States, http://acus.org/files/publication_pdfs/65/Enhancing%20Democracy%20Assistance.pdf)
A toolbox of approaches and methods has come
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run local services, building confidence in democratization.
Democracy assistance must have the primary purpose of democratization
Carothers 2000 (Thomas, vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, A.B., Harvard College; M.Sc., London School of Economics; J.D., Harvard Law School, “Taking Stock of US Democracy Assistance,” in American Democracy Promotion: Impulses Strategies and Impacts, Edited by Michael Cox, G. John Ikenberry and Takashi Inoguchi, Oxford University Press, p. 181-199)
The term ‘democracy assistance’ is sometimes used
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not therefore include economic and social aid programmes.
B. Violation – the plan targets religious freedom assistance, not assistance for the purpose of democracy
C. Reasons to Prefer –
Limits – Excluding affs that contribute to but are not primarily targeted at democratization is a crucial limiter, there could be any number of plans that effectuate democracy, including economic assistance packages, regime changes, trade agreements, etc. This un-limits the topic.
Topic Education - Democracy assistance is the central focus of topic, not simply assistance that aids in the building of democracy. Affs that don’t provide a form of democracy assistance sidestep the core question of the topic.
D. Voting Issue – Topicality is a voting issue to preserve competitive equity, the foundation of debate; plus its a rule at the NDT and so should be enforced throughout the year.
1nc Jobs Ptx
A compromised jobs bill will pass – it will contain highway spending and payroll tax cuts.
Jackson, 10/14/2011 (David, Obama, GOP push competing jobs plans, USA Today, p. http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2011/10/obama-gop-push-competing-jobs-plans/1)
The question over the next few weeks is
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in December, I'll be ready to go."
The plan causes a massive congressional backlash
The Washington Post, 9/24/2011 (Obama faces hurdles in aiding Arab Spring countries, p. http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/obama-faces-hurdles-in-aiding-arab-spring-countries/2011/09/22/gIQAEqcOuK_story.html)
In his U.N. speech this
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is rushing to offer all sorts of incentives.”
Obama needs capital to get piecemeal jobs through.
Washington Post, 10/6/2011 (Does President Obama still have political juice?, p. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/does-president-obama-still-have-political-juice/2011/10/06/gIQAmtoRQL_blog.html)
Obama is betting heavily on the fact that
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whack the ball back into the House’s court?
Payroll tax cuts prevents a recession.
Los Angeles Times, 10/11/2011 (Democrats plan next step for Obama’s jobs package, p. http://articles.latimes.com/2011/oct/11/nation/la-na-senate-jobs-20111012)
The payroll tax break would provide workers with
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a significant risk of going back into recession."
Nuclear war.
Economic collapse causes extinction
Auslin 9 (Michael, Resident Scholar – American Enterprise Institute, and Desmond Lachman – Resident Fellow – American Enterprise Institute, “The Global Economy Unravels”, Forbes, 3-6, http://www.aei.org/article/100187)
What do these trends mean in the short
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small explosions that coalesce into a big bang.
least for many decades.
1nc Military Backlash
Military control is at a breaking point – any perceived loss of power causes lashout
Allen 11 (Michael, Editor of Democracy Digest, “Egypt’s democrats divided over military’s role and continuing protests,” Democracy Digest, 7-25, http://www.demdigest.net/blog/2011/07/egypts-democrats-divided-over-militarys-role-and-continuing-protests/)
Egypt’s government today pledged to purge senior officials
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other institution would always do a better job.
Democracy aid causes military freak out
Richter and Fleishman 11 (Paul, reporter in Washington, and Jeffrey, reporter in Cairo, “U.S. pro-democracy effort rubs many in Egypt the wrong way,” LA Times, 8-10, http://articles.latimes.com/2011/aug/10/world/la-fg-us-egypt-20110811)
Six months after pro-democracy protesters ousted
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the total $165 million has been distributed.
The military will bash Israel – turns the case
Zahran 11 (Mudar, Palestinian writer, “Egypt's Military Council Toying with Israel,” Hudson Institute, 9-9, http://www.hudson-ny.org/2410/egypt-military-council-israel)
While the Egyptian revolution was still boiling,
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million-man-protests for this cause.
1NC UNDEF CP
Text: The United States Federal Government should propose assistance for the promotion of religious freedom in Egypt to the United Nations Democracy Fund Advisory Board. The United States Federal Government should provide all financial and technical assistance for the United Nations Democracy Fund to implement the proposal.
Competes –
Tests ‘Its’ which is possessive
English Grammar, 5 (Glossary of English Grammar Terms, http://www.usingenglish.com/glossary/possessive-pronoun.html)
Mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs are the possessive pronouns used to substitute a noun and to show possession or ownership. EG. This is your disk and that's mine. (Mine substitutes the word disk and shows that it belongs to me.)
Counterplans that test the resolution are key to predictable ground
Solves -
US democracy assistance through the UNDEF solves – comparatively more credible
Piccone, 9 (Theodore J., senior fellow and deputy director for Foreign Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution and an adviser to the Club of Madrid, “Enhance Democracy Assistance in the Americas through Multilateral Action”, The Brookings Institute, April 13, http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/rc/reports/2009/0413_summit_americas/0413_summit_americas_piccone.pdf)
Internationalize democracy assistance.
The United States seriously needs to ramp up
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requires consultation with its citizens on priority projects.
Counterplan is vital to UN credibility – reversing US false multilateralism is key to prevent it from becoming an irrelevant institution
Deen, 10 (Thalif, “U.N. Faces Threat of Irrelevancy Amid Big Power Politics”, Inter Press Service (IPS), September 28, http://www.galdu.org/web/index.php?odas=4772&giella1=eng)
Judging by remarks on opening day, there
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S.-controlled false multilateralism, Bennis declared.
US engagement with the UN is key to effective multilateralism, preventing terrorism, Iran and North Korean proliferation and stabilizes Afghanistan, Iraq and multiple peacekeeping conflicts
Brimmer, 11 (Esther - Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Revitalizing the United Nations and Multilateral Cooperation, 2/1, p. http://www.state.gov/p/io/rm/2011/155854.htm)
So our discussion today is a perfect opportunity
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leadership can leverage important contributions by other states.
Only multilateral cooperation prevents great power wars that make extinction inevitable
Dyer, 4 (Gwynne, former senior lecturer in war studies at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, 12/30/2004, The End of War, The Toronto Star, p. lexis)
The "firebreak" against nuclear weapons use
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then history will repeat itself and everybody loses.
1nc End Participation CP
The United States Federal Government should eliminate substantial technical services, without religious-based restriction, for political organization in Egypt. The United States Federal Government should issue a statement of support for religious freedom and a democratic, tolerant, and pluralist Egypt that is inclusive of all political organizations in Egypt without religious-based restrictions.
The status quo must always remain a logical option. T
Presumption resides with least change – err negative.
The CP solves a moderate transition. The plan does not change the outcome of the election and results in backlash.
Cook 11 (Steven, Senior Fellow in ME Affairs @ Council on Foreign Relations, "The U.S.-Egyptian Breakup," http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/67347/steven-a-cook/the-us-egyptian-breakup?page=show)
No Egyptian leader will make Mubarak's mistake again
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left off when the Free Officers took over.
Egypt
Status quo solves transition to democracy
Peters 11 (Anne Mariel, assistant professor in the department of government at Wesleyan University, “Why Obama shouldn't increase democracy aid to Egypt,” Foreign Policy, 2-14, http://mideast.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/02/14/why_obama_shouldn_t_increase_democracy_aid_to_egypt)
The United States should promote democracy in Egypt
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little that democracy and governance funding can do.
Israel war never translate into action
Dabbs, 7/21/2011 (Brian, Muslim brotherhood no threat to Egypt’s Israel policy, World Politics Review, p. http://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/articles/9542/muslim-brotherhood-no-threat-to-egypts-israel-policy)
Feiler, however, says these claims are
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war with Israel or to have severe tensions."
No escalation – military and pragmatism
Haynes, 8/25/2011 (Christopher, Egypt-Israel relations cool but will endure, Atlantic Sentinel, p. http://atlanticsentinel.com/2011/08/egypt-israel-relations-cool-but-will-endure/)
In these times of tension, Israel’s government
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into a state of war any time soon.
---CT Cooperation:
--- AND US Egypt Cooperation is inevitable regardless of the government in place- this is your own evidence.
Agency France Press, 2-6-11 (“US anxious to retain Egypt in fight against terror” http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/5070/Egypt/Politics-/US-anxious-to-retain-Egypt-in-fight-against-terror.aspx)
As these countries (in the region)
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what Al-Qaeda couldn't," Nelson said.
---No nuclear terror – Terrorists cant acquire, build, or deliver a bomb
Chapman 08 Steve Chapman, reporter and editorial writer for Chicago Tribune, 2/8 2008 [RealClearPolitics, “The Implausibility of Nuclear Terrorism”]
But remember: After Sept. 11,
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escape, only one thing has to go wrong
-- No attacks – terrorists are weak
Mueller 9 (John, Professor of Political Science – Ohio State University and Contributor – Foreign Affairs, “How Dangerous Are the Taliban?”, Foreign Affairs, April / May, http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/64932/john-mueller/how-dangerous-are-the-taliban)
In addition, al Qaeda has yet to
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its capabilities are far inferior to its desires."
International Religious Freedom
---Their evidence doesn’t say that granting the Muslim Brotherhood will spillover to religious freedom in areas like China, Russia, or Korea it just says that we can better understand Islamist organizations through aid.
---Their impact cards concede that religious suppression is inevitable MANY countries around the world- aff does nothing to solve for this.
---Religious Oppression Inevitable- authorities
A. Chinese Government
Voice of America, 9-21-11 (“Religious Freedom Worsens In China” http://www.voanews.com/policy/editorials/asia/Religious-Freedom-Worsens-In-China-130288573.html)
"In China," said U.S
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during imprisonment in 2007 and again in 2009.
B. Russian Courts
RT, 09 (May 6th, RT is a Nonprofit Russian news organization, “Is religious freedom deteriorating in Russia?” http://rt.com/politics/is-religious-freedom-deteriorating-in-russia/)
The commission claims Russian authorities are increasingly intolerant
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, and the issue receives high profile attention.
First- their impact card doesn’t say the word stability or nuclear war in the context of any of these three countries even mentioned.
-- No India/Pakistan war –Deterrence
Tellis 2 (Ashley, Foreign Policy Research Institute, Orbis, Winter, p. 24-5)
In the final analysis, this situation is
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, exists within the greater South Asian region.
-- AIDS can’t cause extinction
Posner 5 (Richard, Senior Lecturer in Law – University of Chicago, Judge – United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 1-1, Skeptic, “Catastrophe: The Dozen Most Significant Catastrophic Risks And What We Can Do About Them,” http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-4150331/Catastrophe-the-dozen-most-significant.html#abstract)
Yet the fact that Homo sapiens has managed
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. And there is always a lust time.
VTL Frontline
---They don’t read an impact card to VTL – evaluate nuclear war first, can’t have VTL if we are all dead.
No link, no impact, and turn – You can’t measure life’s value. Preserving life is vital to allowing people the right to measure their own value, and their argument is the only way to create life without value.
Schwartz, Hendry, & Preece 04 Professional Metaphysician, Senior Lecturer, General Practicianer Professor, Academic Surgeon [“Medical Ethics: A case based approach,” Lisa, Paul, and Robert]
Those who choose to reason on this basis
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persons as rational and as ends in themselves.
2nc Topicality
Cross-x of the 1nc is pretty if they try to go for the argument that we don’t get links its because they ARENT democracy assistance – this proves abuse and makes it impossible to be neg proves that the primary purpose of the aff is NOT for democracy assistance
Our interpretation is that Democracy Assistance is three-pronged, it must be directed at civil society, political parties and elections. That’s Mitchell and Phillips.
Additionally, in order to be democracy assistance, it must have the primary purpose of democratization, that’s Carothers.
____Carothers is the leading expert on defining Democracy Assistance
Burnell 10 (Peter, Professor in the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Warwick,
“Promoting Democracy and Promoting Autocracy: Towards A Comparative Evaluation,” Journal of Politics and Law Vol. 3, No. 2; September 2010)
Most democracy promoters foreswear the use of highly
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(see for example Carothers 1999 and 2004).
____Democracy Assistance must be action directed primarily at democratic progress, can’t be passive
Huber 8 (Daniela, former Carlo Schmid Fellow at the United Nations Office for Project Services, holds an MA in International Relations from the Free University of Berlin, Mediterranean Politics, Vol. 13, No. 1, March, “Democracy Assistance in the Middle East and North Africa: A Comparison of US and EU Policies,” p. 44-46)
The American researcher Thomas Carothers gives a definition
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Table 1 visualizes the different democracy promotion instruments.
___Excluding indirect support for democracy is key to definitional clarity
Lappin 10 (Richard, Centre for Peace Research and Strategic Studies at the University of Leuven, visiting scholar at the Faculty of Political Sciences at the University of Belgrade, “What we talk about when we talk about Democracy Assistance: The Problem of Definition in Post-Conflict Approaches to Democratisation,” Central European Journal of International and Security Studies, Vol 4, Issue 1, 2010)
Such fastidiousness on the boundaries of what should
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post-conflict democracy assistance can be drawn.
Our interpretation is the best for debate:
Limits – opening the door for security assistance makes it inevitable that other forms of assistance, development assistance, foreign assistance, conflict prevention assistance will be allowed in, making the topic unacceptably broad. This destroys negative predictability and preparation, makes debates stale and unfair.
Education – mixing in security assistance re-orients the focus of the topic away from democracy assistance and it various modes. There is plenty of literature that is directly about these types of projects which include civil society, party support and election assistance.
___Limits outweigh – they’re the vital access point for any theory impact – its key to fairness – huge research burdens mean we can’t prepare to compete – and its key to education – big topics cause hyper-generics, lack of clash, and shallow debate – and it destroys participation
Rowland 84 (Robert C., Debate Coach – Baylor University, “Topic Selection in Debate”, American Forensics in Perspective, Ed. Parson, p. 53-54)
The first major problem identified by the work
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led some small schools to cancel their programs.
Our interpretation solves their offense:
Sufficient Aff Flexibility – our interpretation allows the affirmative wide latitude in selecting plan mechanisms and using a diverse set of mechanisms of democracy assistance. This could include judicial independence, election reform, free press, governance support, the list goes on. We simply exclude non-democratic forms of assistance that merely result in some democratic progress.
Diverse Advantage Ground – our interpretation allows the aff to access the best set of possible advantages, including US democracy leadership, Egyptian elections, global democracy consolidation, Syrian politics, hegemony, globalization, etc. They can access virtually all of the same advantages, but the route has to go through democracy assistance, not some other form of assistance.
____Lack of precise interp turns case
Lappin 10 (Richard, Centre for Peace Research and Strategic Studies at the University of Leuven, visiting scholar at the Faculty of Political Sciences at the University of Belgrade, “What we talk about when we talk about Democracy Assistance: The Problem of Definition in Post-Conflict Approaches to Democratisation,” Central European Journal of International and Security Studies, Vol 4, Issue 1, 2010)
This article has examined the emergence of democracy
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of formulating effective democratic means will remain improbable.
A2 Reasonability: 2NC
--They aren’t reasonable – the Aff literally explodes the topic and eviscerates ground – they lose under their own standard
-- Topicality is a prima facie affirmative burden, the aff has to demonstrate they are topical, otherwise you could vote neg for the plan as outside the scope of the resolution.
-- Prefer competing interpretations –
A) Only objective standard – reasonability is arbitrary and takes the debate out of the hands of the debaters by encouraging overtly subjective decisions.
B) Incentivizes bad debate – Negs would read their worst strategy to prove abuse – don’t punish well-prepared teams.
-- Competing interpretations should be judged by both precision and limits – means debate mirrors relevant topic literature with respect to particular resolutional wording – solves race to the bottom.
2nc MB CP
CP SOLVES:
There are two ways to solve a situation where the U.S. has picked a winner. Either the U.S. can provide funding to all political organizations OR eliminate all funding. The CP is the latter.
Carothers, 2/24/2011 (Thomas, vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, How not to promote democracy in Egypt, Washington Post, p. http://carnegieeurope.eu/publications/?fa=42766)
As the U.S. government assesses
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exclusion would be a good way to start.
We just have to prove the CP is sufficient to solve their advantage. Their Slavin concedes that the unlevel playing field is what allows the Muslim Brotherhood radical strength.
Their Hamid evidence proves the CP solves. It says that the U.S. should not favor one group over another. If Obama publicly affirms the right of all to participate, a signal would be sent.
Picking winners is a source of radicalization – the CP is engagement.
Duss 11 (Matthew, Policy Analyst and Director of Middle East Progress – Center for American Progress and MA in Middle East Studies – University of Washington, “Recognizing Reality in the Middle East”, Center for American Progress Report, 7-1, http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2011/07/middle_east_reality.html)
It appears the U.S. government
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Clinton’s comments were a step in that direction.
A2: Perm do both
Group perm do both and p do the CP in this case they are fundamentally the same:
No chance of solvency the perm is theoretically impossible its not possible to support all political parties and none simultaneously any articulation of the perm is either severance or intrinsic both are equally bad because they prevent education and discussion of policy options and make the aff a moving target which is an independent fairness voter for predictability
And perm doesn’t solve anyway because it re-entrenches the US in favoritism bc inevitably there would be a way to justify funding SOME in an attempt to both fund all and none and it still links to the politics and BL net benefits
2nc BL
Military Backlash – Impact 2NC
Status quo military is anti-reform and is afraid of losing power any indication that the US will support religious groups that the military doesn’t is garaunteed to cause a lashout that’s the 1nc allen evidence it specifically indicts the lack of political will from the military as a reason preventing status quo reform this also implicates aff’s potential for plan solvency
Military backlash outweighs and turns the case – any link to the DA ensures that extremism will rise post-plan shouldering out attempts to be inclusive and making US/Egypt coordination net worse this increases the likelihood of a counterterrorism failure or of their supposed incentive for nuclear terror and it ensures religious liberty doesn’t last turning the internals to both the first and second advantages because religious tyranny in a post-freedom world is empirically net worse
--Biggest impact – Egypt-Israeli war quickly escalates – Israel would launch its entire nuclear arsenal and the US, Russia, and China all get drawn in causing quick extinction from nuclear winter – that’s Morgan.
Democracy aid causes military freak out – they want all aid to go through them to stifle opposition groups and maintain close ties with the US – that’s Richter and Fleishman. Current hyper-sensitivity means even small aid packages cause major backlash.
--Link alone turns case –
1. military freak out means NGOs won’t accept aid because they fear military backlash – that’s Richter and Fleischman. Also, generals will jack reforms in every way possible – it’s empirically the biggest obstacle in democratic transitions – that’s Allen.
2. – military freak out means MB won’t be able to effectively coordinate with the US gutting plan solvency and worsening harms, causes the impact
Military Backlash – Link 2NC
Aid to political parties uniquely causes backlash – it helps the military’s opponent making them fear loss of power – that’s Richter and Fleischman.
1nr Jobs Ptx
DA outweighs the case –
A) Magnitude – escalates to nuclear war that draws in other great powers. That’s Mead.
Economic downturn causes the U.S. to withdraw from democracy engagement in the Middle East.
Bacevich, 2/27/2011 (Andrew J., Strategy: Sit On Your Hands, Newsweek, p. http://www.newsweek.com/2011/02/27/strategy-sit-on-your-hands.html)
Then came the financial crisis of 2008.
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that decades of American folly had helped create.
U 2NC
Jobs bill can pass on a piecemeal basis – GOP will cooperate with Obama. That’s the 1NC Jackson evidence.
If we win any of our components will pass, you err neg on uniqueness. Their evidence assumes the jobs bill as a whole.
More reasons –
Enormous pressure for transportation.
Sneider, 10/14/2011 (Julie, Surface transportation funding measure could pass by year’s end, LaHood says, Progressive Railroading, p. http://www.progressiverailroading.com/federal_legislation_regulation/news/Surface-transportation-funding-measure-could-pass-by-years-end-LaHood-says--28429)
Political pressure to craft legislation that would produce
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transportation infrastructure bill would create thousands of jobs.
GOP support for a transportation compromise.
Politico, 10/13/2011 (House GOP embraces big-ticket legislation, p. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1011/65934.html)
House Republicans are doing an about-face
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passing massive pieces of legislation was much easier.
Piecemeal jobs can pass – capital is key
Wall Street Journal, 10/7/2011 (Obama pushes for jobs bill, p. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203476804576614823138026068.html)
President Barack Obama, fearing his $447
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take the parts that we can agree on."
AT: GOP opposes
Evidence in the context of huge jobs bill that passes – this isn’t what we are – obama can use his PC to get them to overcome concerns – and the ununderlined parts say that compromise is possible and likely
Obama can use his capital to win votes and pass it – we p/d
Wright, 10/14/2011 (Kai, Is President Obama’s Jobs Drumbeat Working?, Color Lines, p. http://colorlines.com/archives/2011/10/is_president_obamas_jobs_drumbeat_working.html)
But what Obama’s new insistence on a jobs
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might be at a turning point in Washington.
AT: Aid now
Budget cuts means lack of aid in places like Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya.
NYT, 10-8-11, (“No Time to Get Stingy” http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/09/opinion/sunday/no-time-to-get-stingy-about-foreign-aid.html)
The trend is shifting again. As chart
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seriously harms our ability to do just that.
AT: blip on the radar
Budget battles make democracy assistance massively controversial – even small amount of spending on MENA ensures huge battles
McLaughlin, 4-26-11 (Seth, writer for Washington Diplomat, "Key foreign policy players try to master capitol hill," www.washdiplomat.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7829:key-foreign-policy-players-try-to-master-capitol-hill&catid=1473:may-2011&Itemid=471)
Though the State Department and foreign operations budget
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operating expenses were trimmed by $39 million.
AT: no money
Link not just about funding – 1nc ev says Egypt seems like too sticky of a mess
A2: DA Not Intrinsic
-- Our disad is intrinsic – the link proves that the plan results in ______________________.
-- Destroys all ground –
A) No disad is intrinsic – “make-up calls” can be crafted to solve any link or impact – even purely reaction-based DAs like Relations can be avoided by having the government cut the offended nation a big check
B) Fairness outweighs – logical debate is worthless if the Neg always loses. Fairness protects the forum that makes debate educational
-- Moving target – intrinsicness makes the plan conditional – destroys fairness because it's the locus of debate
-- Not logical: no single actor can do the plan and other actions. Even Congress is made up of many individual legislators.
-- Empirical intrinsicness checks – the Aff can read evidence that Congress will react to the plan by taking action – but not fiat that it occurs
A2: Fiat Solves / Magic Wand
-- Voting issue –
Uneducational – details of enactment are important
Not real world – there’s no magic wand, nothing passes instantly
Crushes ground – politics DAs are core offense on a broad topic
-- Our interpretation: plan passes immediately via normal political processes
-- Links worse: rushed enactment amplifies opposition, backlash is greater because there’s no time for debate
AT: Olive Branch
This card probably goes neg – says that right wing conservatives like when we promote Christians and stuff like that – his 2ac explanation just says they don’t like Christians being killed – it definitely
Opposition to Egyptian assistances outweighs bipartisan support in Congress
Rogin 2-2-2011 (Josh, Foreign Policy Magazine, “How the Senate resolution on Egyptian democracy died,” http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/02/02/how_the_senate_resolution_on_egyptian_democracy_died)
Last fall, a bipartisan group of senators
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be torpedoed by a small number of lawmakers.
AT: Winners Win
Winners lose – any major win is the quickest way to kill future proposals. The GOP will backlash
The Economist, 2/16/2011 (What’s the equilibrium here?, p. lexis)
The Obama administration's theory of policymaking amid divided
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one presumes, by a desire to win elections
. One supposes that they feel they must
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to let the president have such a win.
