Reply #13: The essence of politics is to have a vision of where you want to [View All]

[chieftain]

take the country, a message that can persuade people to join you and the communication skills necessary to enlist people in your quest. Until Obama, most of our candidates have been overly programmatic in presenting themselves to the American people. Polls show that a majority agrees with us on almost all policy issues. Our tendency is to stress those programs on the theory that people analyze issues and go with who they most often agree with. Voters' decision-making is much more nuanced than that. I am for Obama not only because he is a liberal on key issues but also because he has the ability to mobilize a majority of the polity behind those positions Democrats believe in.