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Originally Posted by pan6467
all you have to do is answer this question (pretend you are a politician)...... If it were more beneficial to the country to compromise and give something to get something..... would you do it? Or would you hold firm and basically say "I know what's best for the country and it's my way or the highway."
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Pan, you're collapsing two issues here. One is whether a person's views are extreme, the other is whether a person is flexible. Two very different things. Ted Kennedy, for instance, is pretty far to the left (at least if you take his public pronouncements at face value). But he knows that if he insists everything has to be 100% his way he'll never get anything done, so he will accept half a loaf if need be. His views haven't changed - he just wants to get things done, which is how he's lasted as long as he has. Ditto for Nancy Pelosi, who is one of the leftiest members of Congress - she's smart enough to try to achieve what's achievable, even if it means some of the loons in her district will accuse her of selling out by not insisting that things have to be their way.