[NittanyLion]

Principle be damned, but that's the way the game is played these days.

As I said on another thread: But when does it end? After this period when we MUST WIN upcoming elections, we'll be faced with (for example) additional SCOTUS appointments. Or perhaps it'll be the tax cut package reapproval...or something totally unforeseen.

Will there ever be a time when we can stand on principle, or must we always subvert our principles to getting elected? And if the latter is true, what good is it to even retain power? Power for the sake of itself is nothing - power is only beneficial if you implement your policies.

[Yardstick]

I appreciate your comments, Nittany. I am a hardcore idealist and I would love to see principled leadership in Washington. Unfortunately, I don't think it is realistic to expect such leadership unless the American people demand it, and at present they do not.

Do you see a broad popular demand for principled, constitutional government?