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dc_dux · 06-14-2008, 12:48 PM

I think you guys are engaging in an interesting intellectual exercise, but IMO, it ignores the pragmatism that is required in pursuit of a political agenda that can generate majority support in Congress (and of the American people) and actually be implemented given the circumstances that will be inherited.

A guy like Kucinich (or even Nader) might fit your mold, but do you believe that such a president could get much of his agenda through a nearly evenly divided Congress? Hell,they probably wouldnt even get support from a majority of the Democrats for some of their truly "progressive" proposals.

Pragmatism is the word of the day.

06-14-2008, 12:48 PM	#124 (permalink)
dc_dux Location: Washington DC	I think you guys are engaging in an interesting intellectual exercise, but IMO, it ignores the pragmatism that is required in pursuit of a political agenda that can generate majority support in Congress (and of the American people) and actually be implemented given the circumstances that will be inherited. A guy like Kucinich (or even Nader) might fit your mold, but do you believe that such a president could get much of his agenda through a nearly evenly divided Congress? Hell,they probably wouldnt even get support from a majority of the Democrats for some of their truly "progressive" proposals. Pragmatism is the word of the day. __________________ "The perfect is the enemy of the good." ~ Voltaire Last edited by dc_dux; 06-14-2008 at 12:55 PM..