Transactional politics requires us to be pragmatic about current realities and the state of public opinion. It's all about getting the best result possible given the circumstances here and now.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
When scrutiny is lacking, tyranny, corruption and man's baser qualities have a better chance of entering into the public business of any government.
Politics is compromise.
Politics has high and low moments. Sometimes it brings out the better angels of our nature; sometimes baser instincts.
Oftentimes, when constituencies or sectors of opinion are distinct, when they are confronted with a situation where they're going to have to make a serious compromise, they react very negatively publicly, but they also recognize when they step back that this is right.
It has now become the doctrine of a large clan of politicians that political honesty is unnecessary, slow, subversive of a man's interests, and incompatible with quick onward movement.
Politics has become unbelievably and unfortunately way too much about how much money is involved rather than what kind of ideas are involved.
Public opinion shapes our destinies and guides the progress of human affairs.
Economics has become as riveting as politics.
I think issues and substance, policy and vision and record should be the meat of politics.
Transformational politics requires us to challenge the way people think about issues, opening their minds to better possibilities.