I’d prefer no evil. I’m not ready to compromise at this stage of the game, as that’s just giving in. The liberals won with a hardcore socialist.
I get it, apparent;ly you lack principles to get it. The way you play the game, you either lose with your ‘winner” or lose like we did in 2008 by having two barely distinguishable candidates.
i see no point in giving in, especially 3 years out.
Nonetheless the point is winning. Hold their feet to the fire. They are politicians and react to their base. Sanford or whoever needs to be brought around to the right way of thinking on many issues. It is true of just about any electable politician.
We too often on FR get hysterical over political comments. We need to see them for what they are:
1. They neutralize a naturally hostile media (even capons have feelings)
2. They neutralize the issue and allow us to shed light on it in a non-confrontational way. Even the most ignorant Freeper is wiser by miles than the average voter when it comes to issues.
3. Good politicians, people who really get things done, do so by creating as much consensus as possible to get the job done. You do it not by confrontations with potential allies, but through good old fashioned give and take. Gingrich once said, “the angels are in the details.” More often than not, something said means much less than what they do.
That is the American way. It is how the free-market works and it is how we'll regain our country. Sniping at each other or writing off potential candidates because they are imperfect sounds awfully Utopian.