Source: Washington Monthly
by James D Zirin
“In the United Kingdom, the Shadow Cabinet, of course, is the team of senior spokespeople chosen by the opposition leader to birddog the government cabinet ministers across their particular focus. Each Shadow Cabinet member leads on a specific policy, questioning and challenging their counterpart in the official cabinet during the famed question time in Parliament. In this way, the opposition seeks to position itself as a government in waiting, displaying its wares to the voters and pressuring the incumbents. Obviously, the differences between a parliamentary system and ours are myriad …. It might not be an official opposition government, but it could provide a healthy sense of what an alternative would look like after a nominee is chosen.” (12/03/24)
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2024/12/03/should-democrats-form-a-shadow-cabinet/