Comments on: The Senate Problem http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/the_senate_problem/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:37:08 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Jalal Abu Jarhead http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/the_senate_problem/comment-page-1/#comment-12702 Jalal Abu Jarhead Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=5139#comment-12702 <i>Further, the nature of legislating is constant compromise, which most voters think of as the polar opposite of principled leadership.</i> I don't think that's a "Further," James, I believe it's one of the primary points in evaluating the skills of a legislator for the office of President. How is someone who has spent their adult life agreeing to things they don't like, going to step up and say, "This is the way things are going to be. There's a principle at stake here." Of course, it's probably just my own conservative leanings that make me think that people want a decisive, principled President. It's obvious that a lot of people hate that. --- Further, the nature of legislating is constant compromise, which most voters think of as the polar opposite of principled leadership.

I don't think that's a "Further," James, I believe it's one of the primary points in evaluating the skills of a legislator for the office of President. How is someone who has spent their adult life agreeing to things they don't like, going to step up and say, "This is the way things are going to be. There's a principle at stake here."

Of course, it's probably just my own conservative leanings that make me think that people want a decisive, principled President. It's obvious that a lot of people hate that.

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