The Federalist Papers, for example, lay out the problem as a set of premises leading inexorably to a conclusion. I find it hard to imagine a politician successfully using such a form of argument today.
Today’s politicians don’t use writing as their primary means of convincing other people. Airplane travel is cheap. It doesn’t cost much to get a bunch of people into a room behind closed doors and talk through an issue.
Today’s politicians don’t use writing as their primary means of convincing other people. Airplane travel is cheap. It doesn’t cost much to get a bunch of people into a room behind closed doors and talk through an issue.