It is much better for voters to elect representatives who share their values, and for the representative to then study and think and so develop informed opinions on the issues.The California Proposition is a bewildering phenomenon to many of us dedicated east coasters, and I'm inclined to take Mr DeLong's word on the inefficacy of the ballot initiative.
The political inefficacy of the inequality platform has led Barack Obama to dial it back significantly in this election year.
In short, the biennial ritual of electing a new House is a significant cause of the body's inefficacy.
Opponents of capital punishment may be familiar with arguments about its expense, unjust application and inefficacy as a deterrent.
The failure of a secret U.S. military mission to rescue the hostages (which ended almost before it began with a crash in the desert of a plane and helicopter) in April 1980 seemed to typify the inefficacy and misfortune of the Carter administration.
Fatah's popularity was somewhat diminished, and it suffered from a reputation of inefficacy and corruption.
It seems he was only too happy to oblige though, and took part in the segment with gusto, reading tweets criticising his hair, his inefficacy as a president, his economic policies and even his jeans.
The inefficacy of prayer, its resemblance to base subservience, even sexual subservience, haunts this book — praying didn't keep Smith's father from dying.
So, in reality, it wasn't advice at all, only an acknowledgment of Helen's ultimate inefficacy in the face of the Cards You've Been Dealt.
I can't remember the order of my negatives now, but the inefficacy of prayer was likely at the top.
This extraordinary stylistic range stems from Graham's wish to make a lavish formal show of her epistemological turbulence, her poems' provisional victories over their own inefficacy.
