DEBATING THE POLITICS DISAD

Emory

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Debating the Politics DisadA. How to pick your disad

1. Link Debate certain affs just go a certain way. Gotta win that.

In my mind, need to win its unpopular or get another disad.

2. uniqueness debate Based on the literature. In my mind, this is using the literature to find agenda items that will pass.

3. Impact scenarios external & internal.

B. Putting together the 1nc

1. uniqueness card that tells a story mentions capital. I like disads with a uniq & pc key card

2. read as specific a link as possible

-prevents the link turns from mattering.

-helps with a net benefit to the counterplan3. read an external impact early. Turn the case not necessary.

C. 2nc/1nr

1. overview

-do not explain the story

-do impact the external argument read terminal impact cards where possible. Ochs, Bostrom, 1% Warming, etc.

-do read an impact to access as much as possible

-do read additional external impacts if they have good defense

-do NOT read something that impact turning is possible/probable.

2. uniqueness -

-have to win it. This is where you have to invest your time b/c judges will be calling for cards.

-focus on evidence that cites obamas capital as the reason it will pass first.

-reading quantity is good but focus on a diversity of warrants.

-read the affs evidence we will have specific answers regularly read those where necessary.

-handle uniqueness overwhelms the link well. Know your judge. Means a risk-look for and lie about these things: vote count, momentum, insiders

3. Link Debate -

-read new links if necessary.

-read link uniqueness to go your way

-read old school theory cards to indict their link

-explain why their link turns dont apply to your scenario4. Handeling Theory Arguments

-Have blocks that are short and to the point do not waste time.

-be prepared to debate politics disads good

-intrinsicness Wake Forest people vs MSU people

-Most people it is about not falling victim to the tricks

-mini-voting issues for

5. Impact Debate not an impact turn

-External explained in the overview section

-Access as much as possible - heg, economy are your friends.

-It is difficult on this topic to go for politics vs case. Very very difficult

-if it access everything and you kick it it screws up everyones impact in the debate.

6. Impact Debate an impact turn

-Focus on one that you can impact terminally

-Access all of their terminal impacts wherever possible

-focus on uniqueness to their impact turns

D. 2nr on Politics

-How much of the case do you solve/how much of the case do they win?

If the case is big focus on the magnitude of the impact

If the case is minimal focus on the link and uniqueness.

-If you have played your cards right you should be okay on the impact

-have a 2nr extension of the uniqueness ev written out before the debate

-talk about specific link warrants as tied to the bill. Not political capital.

-Think about it in a macro world. Healthcare/diseases vs De-Alert.E. Questions Asked

How do I make politics in the 1nr more viable versus big affs?Is it a net benefit to something less unpopular?

Yes have to win that spin. Its about the risk of losing the vote.

Should you go for it with case or not?

F. Glossary

1. Types of disads

1. Rider DAs

2. Backlash DAs

3. Agenda Crowd-out DAs

4. Bipart DAs

5. Bush agenda DAs

2. Link argument glossary

1. Political Capital its a lot like being a Don in the mafia all about favors

2. Flip Flops key to capital

3. Olive Branches/Concessions

4. Focus

5. Public Popularity

6. Base Support the gold standard

7. Winners Win lion tamer theory

8. Winners-Lose banker [party will backlash]

9. Bipar/Partisan

10. Use these in conjunction as long as they are unique

Answering the Politics DisadA. 2ac

1. Screwing with the neg block

- great variety of answers

- do not read cards that make the same argument

-theory, theory, theory

-impact defense on their impact evidence

-read internal link take-outs. Usually the weakest part of the disad.

-feel free to sand-bag good uniqueness cards.

-link uniqueness in the 2ac

2. Strategic 2ac inclusions

-winners-win link turn always

- multiple link turns specific to the aff

-link uniqueness

-thumpers

3. most strategic options

-impact turns to the bill

-theory arguments.

4. Consider the net benefit

-dont read answers the cp sucks up. Be able to read that the difference isnt popular

-counterplan is unpopular be prepared to look through backfiles/analytical arguments.

B. 1ar

1. Have a strategy!

-do I want to straight turn

- am I extending impact defense to everything

2. extend lots of stuff3. Things to consider while answering it in the 1ar

- is there value to argument uniqueness overwhelms the link if the warrant for passage isnt connected to the link.

NEVER as a uniqueness argument but as an indict to the link to the disad.

NEVER in the 2acAre your non-uniques related to the link argument

-did we sandbag good uniqueness evidence to read4. If you are straight turning Uniqueness focusing on warrants, multiple link turns, explain specific to scenario.

5. If you are not straight turning impact defense, internal link defense, specific link turns, a few theory arguments. Quality and then shit-kicking

C. 2ar

1. You should have read the cards up till then where are they the weakest.

2. have specific link turns you are ready to talk about at all times. Talk about what it means to win some or all of the link debate for the risk of the disad3. impact defense.

4. make an assessment on uniqueness can I decrease the risk talk about what it means to win a chunk of uniqueness.

5. dont be pscyhophrenic6. you will be behind on uniq & impact debate against good politics teams. You should be ahead on the link debate and internal link debate.

Questions

Researching Politics

Researching politics

1. Search the week before Bush congress to create a list of disads

2. make friends to find out what other disads are being read

a. college friends

b. camp friends from across the country

c. use cross-x and files to purchase indexes to find out what will be read

3. create your list of all possible disads and start researching

a. uniqueness both ways

b. mpx defense to most unless uniqueness is overwhelming in a particular way you dont need

c. IL answers to the impact you want to read

4. Once you decide uniqueness is one sided pick a disad based on that all good debaters know this

a. Brute force strategy for researching politics

i. type title into google news & lexis-nexis and read EVERY article

ii. copy articles into WORD and change key words to bold to improve processing speed

b. finesse strategy for researching politics

i. refine your searches to make sure you cover everything that is in the lit

ii. cut enough articles to guarantee uniqueness if you cant guarantee keep working

c. things you do regardless of your strategy

i. make a list of the non-unique warrants cut/write answers for the block

ii. make sure Bush is key to the passage research this including phrases like political capital

5. impact research

a. if you are aff dont impact turn research link turns & have uniqueness

b. make sure you have a big external and internal impact scenarios

c. be prepared for mpx turns before you read a disad

d. go old school to look for new and varied mpx

i. think tanks discuss proposed bills in congress

ii. congressional testimony is great for economy internal links

6. Link uniqueness file research these for the aff & Neg

a. PC yes/no

b. congress likes each other doesnt like each other

c. Bush getting wins now Bush losing now

d. Bipart now / Partisan now

e. Bush making concessions now no concessions now

f. bush popular / unpopular

7. Have a solid internal link file

a. produced one at most camps so they are online

b. research what is key to the agenda at the start of each semester to improve your link arguments

c. use old school cards to support your updated link & uniqueness arguments

Line by Line Specifics1. extend the 1nc

2. indict their evidence

3. when in doubt read more cards.

1. Non-unique wont pass1. You cant lose to this it has to be absolutely certain before you start picking your disad.

2. Read a card in the 1nc that answers the warrants for why it wont pass.

3. reference political capital. Capital will insure it passes the 1nc card should reference capital as overcoming other problems that exist with the bill.

4. know the literature is there a threat you could lose? Do your own work or at least familiarize yourself with the aff n/u evidence.

5. when in doubt read more cards.

2. Non-unique other issues insure fights1. This is the biggest rising and most popular of aff answers largely because they are easy to find and throw a hole into the way most politics disads are debated. Often called thumpers.

2. focus on what the thumper is missing

a. is obama using capital or is it just a fight?

b. does it say it will impact the agenda or are people just generally angry.3. time frame have top of the docket cards ready to go for yourself.

4. few other stock arguments

a. our authors assume other fights.

b. this doesnt deny the link or the impact just provides a brink - which is why PC is at a premium.

5. cut answers to them as you hear them.

3. non unique no PC1. very few of these cards say no PC. They often say low or are assumptive of a weakened president.2. evidence indicts because these are usually written from a very conservative set of news sources.

3. your evidence assumes this says he has enough with specific groups. IF, for example, your card says he has enough to win over particular groups to get votes then you are okay. BE careful if your PC key card is older.

4. cut a few. Sometimes tough but always written in some context. Not always use the phrase political capital.4. Fiat t/o the link

A. magic wand passes magically.B. not a should question shouldnt have to debate it.1. Prefer the quality of the link evidence says getting it passed requires the president to get involved.

2. backlash to having it got done. If their magic wand notion of debate is accurate congress will be like a new born child, theyll start crying b/c they have no idea how that happened.

3. presidents get pulled into everything.

4. this is an older theory that the plan actually requires PC in order to pass. That is one argument there is also a backlash argument. Combined with president gets drawn in this isnt an issue.

C. vote no - 1. silly. Not an accurate representation of what happens in the debate round.2. makes the neg have to defend something worse than the status quo.

D. policy maker

1. read specific evidence about politics on this particular topic.2. focus on your link evidence.

3. the president has to engage in these types of internal negotiations all the time health care vs. the economy vs. warming.

E. bottom of the docket

1. kills all disads b/c dont know when

2. the 2012 budget got moved all the way to the next year.3. makes the cp to do the plan at the top of the docket competitive plan cant sever doing it at the bottom b/c theyve used it for a strategic benefit.

5. PC isnt key to this bill1. it isnt about the buzz word of PC it is about the warrant of PC2. need to make sure this isnt true if you cant explain why passage involves the president you will lose to this argument and every other argument.

6. only ideology matters PC irrelevant theory1. Dickinson is the most popular.2. indict these cards as a general study of the way politics have worked. They are technically correct. On a majority of issues they are simply pass or wont pass and have little to nothing to do with the president. However, on any very close bill capital, popularity, swag becomes an important tie breaker.

3. default to the specificity of warrants. Example it might be true that economic theory is unlikely to cause war that doesnt mean that no war has ever started because of economic decline just unlikely.7. missing internal links a. PC doesnt t/off between things

1. need to coherently explain why either Little a this is an issue that interacts with the other.

Little b the general presidents capital has everything to do with passage. If I do something unpopular I lose sway with people because my party will distance itself and the opposition wont go along.

2. read evidence that are link magnifiers that speak to the general aff.

b. one issues doesnt spillover

1. yes they do you need to know that they do and have a coherent reason why little a & b above still apply. 8. Plan popularIt isnt about being popular or unpopular see my article in the 3nr journal. Something can be both popular and unpopular it is about the relative power of that group for the particular bill vis--vis the other people. You need to generally control this.a. public

1. good cards exist in the abstract & better cards exist in election years.2. good evidence saying that the public response takes time to build up

3. public popularity is used for the electionb. congress

1. this is the only true link turn in my mind. BUT need to point out who it is talking about and why they are relevant.2. needs to speak to congress NOT to individual members of congress they are totally irrelevant.

c. generally

weigh the popularity versus the unpopularity of a group.Old People, Big Industries, Israeli Lobby these are powerful. A lot of others arent really all that pouplar.

d. lobbies

I dont care unless they provide political cover.9. plan is bipart1. this phrase just means that there are members of both parties that like it not that it is popular with a majority a single democrat makes a bill bipartisan. That isnt really all that revelant.

2. no evidence that bipart is key to the actual passage of the bill. Need to focus on the importance of political capital to the passage of the bill.10. winners-winWhat does it mean to be a win? A president has been pushing for the passage of something and gets it done. A win is something you fight for not something that just falls in your lap. It helps if:a. it was tough to get done/unpopular

b. it results in the image that someone is awesome.

The lion-tamer theory of political capital.

These do not require you win any other part of the link turn debate IF they win that winners-win then everything else is irrelevant. BUT, winning the other stuff doesnt hurt the winners-win argument.Answering it

1. plan isnt a win

2. obama cant win too much backlash

3. if true long time frameWhen in doubt read cards.

11. entropyUse it or lose it.

Not true president is using it. 12. bill failsNeed to be able to defend the bill and the internal link from it to the actual impact that you are reading2. have a wall written and ready to go perception, not passing it, passing it solves, fixes the markets.

13. impact defenseRead more impact evidence.14. future bill solvesThis is stupid.15. impact turns terminalCovered this above.16. impact turns to the bill.These are my favorite.1