At this point most Democrats seem to feel a need to offer alternatives, considering the failure of so many of Reagan's measures, but the question is when.
From a narrow perspective, Ross Douthat is surely correct that Republican primary voters, who have "methodically sifted through the alternatives, considering and then discarding each in turn," have behaved responsibly ("Not-So-Crazy Republicans," column, March 11).
Confronted with a flip-flopping, gaffe-prone front-runner whom almost nobody — conservative or liberal — finds very appealing, they have methodically sifted through the alternatives, considering and then discarding each in turn.
This decision making deals with prioritization of alternatives considering several attributes.
Variations in the system parameters were introduced, corresponding to modelling alternatives considering reasonable uncertainties in a bridge design model.
In this case, 5 years of planning horizon are considered to compare the alternatives considering the sub-factors and future changes of alternative priorities.
