1. The Politics DA
Casey Parsons

2. Disad Review Four parts: Impact calculus: UQ Link Internal Link Impact
Magnitude
Timeframe
Probability

3. What’s the Politics DA?
It is by far the most popular negative argument
The vast majority of neg teams always make this argument
It assumes four things:
UQ – A specific bill is passing Congress now
Link – Plan drains political capital
Internal Link – PoCap is key to passing the bill
Impact – Something bad happens if we don’t pass the bill

4. Why are they so popular? They link to nearly aff
The literature for them is always easily accessible and up to date
There’s always lots of literature about them
People like Fox News and CNN like to exaggerate about the effects of a bill passing or not passing, and policy debate is a game of exaggeration

5. How do I answer it? Offensively Defensively Link turns – plan popular
Internal link turns – Political capital kills the bill
Impact turns – passing the bill would be bad
Defensively
Non UQ – Bill won’t pass anyway
UQ overwhelms – Bill will pass regardless of the plan
No link – plan doesn’t affect the bill
No IL – PoCap not key to passing the bill
Impact Defense

6. Other common aff arguments
Intrinsicness – A logical policymaker could pass both the plan and the bill
Read theory on this, it’s super abusive
Fiat solves the link – the fact that we fiat the plan means that it doesn’t cause waves
Also read theory on this, it’s super abusive
Winners Win – The plan is perceived as a win, even if it’s unpopular, which boosts PoCap
Another form of a link turn
There are really good “winners win is a lie” cards to read as defense
Thumpers – Something similar to the plan just passed, which should have triggered the link. That disproves the link.