12-03-2008, 09:15 PM
karsen wrote:
[quote=laarree]
Of course, there's this whole thing about how Jeb wants the GOP to organize what he ominously calls a "shadow government":
http://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/jeb_bus...56557.html
Other than sounding ominous, what's so bad about a shadow government? Shadow governments are common practice by minority political parties in Britain.
Wikipedia wrote:
In parliamentary governments, the largest opposition party often refers to itself as a shadow government in which top leaders of the opposition are prepared to assume certain ministries should their party come to power in an election. For example, in Britain the largest opposition party's Defence spokesman might refer to themselves as the Shadow Defence Secretary. Smaller parties have spokespeople too, but these do not generally use shadow names.
Doesn't Britain use the parliamentary system where the government can change on a not-regularly-scheduled switchover that can happen at any time? I'm not sure if that is Jebb's plan.
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