This engagement provides an understanding of the differing political perspectives and helps to position health research in a way that is politically appealing.
Super-fast trains are politically appealing.
Russia's president, Vladimir Putin, finds gay-bashing politically appealing.
What's politically appealing in the short run can be economically disastrous in the long run.
But opposing this measure would also mean vetoing the broader, politically appealing $56 billion agriculture bill.
Surowiecki concurs — on deficit reduction and, now, tax policy, the language that's perceived as politically appealing is misleading, even harmful.
But if (say) half the carbon-tax revenue went toward deficit reduction, the dividend would be less politically appealing.
More marginal, more "at risk," and more controversial life styles still feel less salient, and less politically appealing.
Republicans see the China vote as a tough one for Democrats because it requires that they offend core labor and environmental constituencies, making a September vote politically appealing.
"Ted is able to use erudite constitutional analysis with politically appealing slogans — that's a rare talent," Walter Dellinger, the former acting Solicitor General in the Clinton Administration, who has debated Cruz, told me.
In addition, all of the revenue from the levy would be returned to taxpayers in Vancouver, in the form of a tax credit, which should make it politically appealing.
