[FairOpinion]

"Why do you feel that Reagan Man is outside of what you think Reagan would have us do? It is a fair question..."

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Because Reagan understood the value of compromise, and those evoking his name don't, they use the scorched earth strategy, which BibChr summed up so well.

In Reagan's own words:

""When I began entering into the give and take of legislative bargaining in Sacramento, a lot of the most radical conservatives who had supported me during the election didn't like it.

"Compromise" was a dirty word to them and they wouldn't face the fact that we couldn't get all of what we wanted today. They wanted all or nothing and they wanted it all at once. If you don't get it all, some said, don't take anything.

"I'd learned while negotiating union contracts that you seldom got everything you asked for. And I agreed with FDR, who said in 1933: 'I have no expectations of making a hit every time I come to bat. What I seek is the highest possible batting average.'

"If you got seventy-five or eighty percent of what you were asking for, I say, you take it and fight for the rest later, and that's what I told these radical conservatives who never got used to it."

[BibChr]

Fair Opinion basically cites exactly what I had in mind.

Not hard points to follow, I think.

[DiamondDon1]

Fair:

Because Reagan understood the value of compromise, and those evoking his name don't, they use the scorched earth strategy, which BibChr summed up so well.

Taking some of Reagan's statements is a good strategy, however absent the entirety of the man, is a little...well...dishonest...

You may also recall that Reagan also said we must "paint our positions in bold colors, and not pale pastels".

Reagan always believed in "Strength" first. Of course he believed in compromise but from "Strength".

As note earlier...what is happening here, is that we are compromising first and bargaining from there. We should begin with Strength, then bargain in order to advance our agenda...

See you next thread...

DD