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FACT. Pres. Obama is a Pragmatist.
Tonight, as I was cleaning the kitchen, out of the blue, I remember immediately following the swearing in someone of the cable channels ran a feature on the new President.
It was pointed out in the piece that he is a Pragmatist.
Since I am a left leaner and so caught up in the Health Insurance Issue that fact had slipped my mind.
I think most of us understood Obama was not a Liberal. McCaskill did so much TV etc on his behalf during the Campaign.
I know for myself I would find myself this week thinking How could He????
A Pragmatist looks for what works. His concern is not left or right but more with what will pass. I am sure he meant it when he said he wanted Public Option.
For a person like me, banning the public option makes it a Republican Bill. The CO-OPs even more Republican. My Logic. The Republicans put us in the ditch--how can we accept more Republicanism.
A Pragmatist is not concerned with Right or Left. They are concerned with Legislation that works.
In his statements he always says: Costs must be lowered. Single Payer and Public Option are really the only two which will lower costs.
My point is this, We must remember who our President is and make our arguments thus. I now understand when Krugman says the Administration does not get why the Progressives have their back up. Obama has not beem thinking in terms of left or right. Mr President, your base is Left. Psst. (The GOP can be disingeous at times, so watch it)
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