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NY Times boils it all down to ideology vs getting things done.

Posted at January 20, 2020

Tags democratic primaries, ideology vs pragmatism, klobuchar, new york times, presidential election, warren

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Posted by Hank

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There are two spectra along which to evaluate candidates:
(a) Political: are they left, right or center, and by how much?
(b) Effectiveness: Are they rigidly uncompromising or willing to work with others to get things done?
Often people confuse these as the same thing; all compromisers are centrists, all extremists are rigid, etc. That is a false assumption.

Thoughts from across the aisle...

“You know, I went right at those things — guns, God, and Trump — and I was very moved by what I found there. I hope that people who watch the show will feel the same kind of empathy and respect, and will be able to walk in somebody else’s shoes, or imagine walking in somebody else’s shoes, for a few minutes in the same way that hopefully they do with one of my other shows.”

— Anthony Bourdain, on his “Parts Unknown” segment covering West Virginia