Speaking in Athens last November, the Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben discussed an epochal transformation in the idea of government, "whereby the traditional hierarchical relation between causes and effects is inverted, so that, instead of governing the causes – a difficult and expensive undertaking – governments simply try to govern the effects".
Opponents blast him for "campaigning" instead of governing.
Most of the sniping one-liners seemed like rehearsed retreads as candidates worked to establish stage personalities instead of governing agendas.
Instead of governing, the Republican majority in Congress — along with right-wing authors, journalists, talk-radio personalities, think tanks, and foundations — surrendered to the negative strain of modern conservatism.
But the "first real Ukrainian president", as Mr Yushchenko called himself, was too backward-looking.Instead of governing, he tried to boost national consciousness by promoting the Ukrainian language and trying to revise history.
"Instead of governing, the White House continues to be in campaign mode, and Fox News is the target of their attack mentality," Michael Clemente, the channel's senior vice president for news, said in a statement on Sunday.
The report also looks closely at online advertising (which collect reams of data on individual web-surfing activities to target ads) and data-brokers (like those that create personal credit ratings) and largely supports their practices.Importantly, instead of governing the collection of data, the report concentrates on the use of information.
Presidents are frequently criticized for campaigning instead of governing, but in a highly polarized era without lasting Congressional majorities, the stakes every two years grow ever higher: witness the gridlock between the Democratic-controlled Senate and the Republican majority in the House.
