TFspec

TF-spec is "Time-Frame Specification," the argument that the government has to specify their time in which plan passes in the 1AC/PMC. They have to do that for similar reasons that they would have to specify their funding (so they can't shift out of spending disads), specify their agent (so they can't shift out of politics disads or alternative agent counter plans) etc. The argument says that many times teams will permute or link out of disadvantages or counter plans (2AC or MG) using a timeframe that was not in the 1AC/PMC. The 1AC/PMC for example will claim to pass a particular policy that is unpopular for Republicans (like signing the Kyoto Protocol), the LO/1N will run a midterms politics disad (Republican congress key to Republican Agenda, plan crushes their ability to maintain house/senate in 2006, Republican Agenda necessary for TNWs, TNWs only way to prevent nuclear war on the Korean Peninsula). The MG/2A will stand up and argue that they did not specify the passage of plan at a particular time and will either sidestep it by clarifying that they pass after the midterm elections or attempt to perm a Delay CP.

This can be annoying Spec, but might be necessary in parliamentary debate where you do not get an allotted time for cross-examination.