HagridOfTheDeep
Junior Chimp
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« Reply #1 on: November 26, 2013, 04:54:15 PM » |
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I'd much prefer an effective transactional president who acknowledges the reality of the situation and tries to work within the system to get things done rather than accept the obstruction. It's not impossible, it just takes a leader instead of an idealogue. Bill Clinton did it. Obama says he has bended over backwards to comprise, yet we've seen nothing of it. Meanwhile he can send Joe Biden into the thick of it and have him come out with a deal in days. It's about style.
If you ask me, no voter should expect to get everything they want from their candidate if he or she happens to win. The expectation should be give-and-take. I've always said that it shouldn't matter who the president is, because all voters, Democrats and Republicans, should expect, at the end of the day, that a compromise centrist approach will be taken. That is what the system is supposed to yield.
I'm all for trying win the House, Senate, and presidency. But if that's not going to happen, it would be nice to have a president who doesn't give up, assign blame, or push back. Scott Walker is openly declaring that should he win he will be part of the problem. How on Earth is that good? Obviously Hillary would love to have both houses of government on her side too, but her sheer experience dealing with Washington will, I think, have taught her that it's important to reach out. And if she hasn't come to that conclusion on her own, Bill will give her head a shake.
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