Are you comfortable with a president less wedded to ideology?

Choose one.

Glad, like the rest of Americans, I get front row seats! :)

I've had enough hate to last a lifetime. I want some cooperation and maybe even some unity! If anyone has the ability to shrink the gap between Americans, it's Obama.

Oh, you clever writer, you!

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FDR certainly belived that, as did Wilson and LBJ.

There are, however, many people representing single issue interest groups on the Left today that have no interest in pragmatism. It's all about them, their agenda and me, me, me.

you have to be willing to revise your plans instead of sticking rigidly to ideology. It's one of the reasons I supported Obama in the primary over a more authoritarian Democrat like Hillary.

facts counteract it you change your beliefs, not the facts. No single ideology has a monopoly on good policy.

and improves the economy.

I am comfortable with a president less wedded to idelogy than Pol Pot.

I am uncomfortable with a president less wedded to ideology than Bill Clinton. (Used as an example becuse he was minimaly ideological and I wouldn't care for something even more "pragmatic" than Clinton.)

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It's a fairly nebulous thread-starter, but it seems to be championing Mr. Obama as someone who's not a fanatic. Sure, that's best, but if the choice is between someone who really believes in something and someone who tries to chart some kind of "safe" course, I'd actually prefer someone who stands for something.

Executives should be visionaries and leaders; legislators can come in many stripes: visionaries, agitators, peacemakers, accountants, etc.

The two most disturbing things about Mr. Obama are his habit of using religion to secure power and his deft maneuvering to avoid making enemies and to be able to sit on fences. The ongoing theory is that this is just a tactic to gain power, at which time he'll transform into a champion of everything good and true, but there's no real evidence of this. There's plenty of evidence of pragmatism or whatever else you want to call that.

Much as ideologues are an annoyance--like perfectionists--there's much to be said for a true firebrand. I have to vote ideologue.

to Obama's non-ideological, pragmatic decisions.

IS their ideology. Any democrat WITHOUT an ideology that embraces universal health care, ending the war and leaving Iraq, no torture of prisoners, stabilizing social security and medicare, easier access to education, job creation, environmental protection, lifestyles, limiting big business' influence, etc. - IS NOT the kind democrat most of us voted for, imo.

I pick ideology, because these are the THINGS I voted for, not for a man who does what HE thinks is best, because even if he's right, we will feel snookered. Only time can tell.

It is laughable to say that some of us have a personal agenda - who doesn't? It's what makes people become Democrats, Republicans or Independents.