We may like to think politics is a battle of ideas and that the best idea wins out. But that's not true in most elections. Most elections are about the worst ideas losing, not the best ideas winning.
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Politics is about a lot more than winning and losing. I think politics at its best is about compromise, shades of grey and about issues.
Politics is the art of the next best.
Money is the fuel that makes political victory possible. Sadly, folks, in many cases it's more important than ideas. And this is what turns off so many people to politics.
Politics is a contest among people of diverse backgrounds and philosophies, advocating different solutions to common problems. The system only works when principled, energetic people participate.
Politics has become unbelievably and unfortunately way too much about how much money is involved rather than what kind of ideas are involved.
Everyone thinks politics will just go on the way it is. I don't agree.
Experience shows us that most people's votes are based on their biases, not on objective reality. Elections are a collective gut reaction. That any good comes of it at all is the miracle of democracy.
It strikes me that presidential campaigns can often bring out the worst as well as the best in us.
Every election matters. Anyone that tells you otherwise doesn't understand politics. That said, not every election sends sweeping messages that are easy to discern, but every election provides lessons worth learning.
Most politicians come into politics because they want to make a difference; we just have different ideas how to do it.
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