Capital Research Center Issues Commentary: Political Vise - An Incomplete Model
March 11, 2026
March 11, 2026
WASHINGTON, March 11 -- The Capital Research Center posted the following commentary on March 10, 2026, by Michael Watson, research director and managing editor for InfluenceWatch:
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The Political Vise: An incomplete model
Longtime conservative activist John Tillman's model of the "political vise" explains part of the story of why politics and advocacy behave as they do. But what the model misses matters almost as much as what it explains. . . .
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The Political Vise: An incomplete model
Longtime conservative activist John Tillman's model of the "political vise" explains part of the story of why politics and advocacy behave as they do. But what the model misses matters almost as much as what it explains. . . .