| mrstickball said:
2. If you had no qualms with being unelectable for a 2nd term, but really care about doing the right thing, you can pull the kind of things needed to get things done in Washington. It just means you won't have corporate backers, just like Ron Paul. Again, Gary got things done despite the fact that most Democrats and Republicans hated him. He took his case to the people, and made the politicians responsible. It can be done, but you have to choose not to cave in. Bush and Obama have an atrocious track record on that. Both fold like paper to interest groups, regardless of whom they were. |
From what I have seen, politicians who demonstrate leadership rarely have to worry about being re-elected ... The problem is that leadership usually requires someone to make the unpopular choices, take full responsibility for the decision (to shelter people that support them), sell people on the concept, and wait out the storm. Essentially what Obama (and most modern politicians) don't want to do.
