Comments on: Towards the Political Center

By: Oh Politic Where Art Thou? | IAmJoshBrown

Oh Politic Where Art Thou? | IAmJoshBrown — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 05:07:02 +0000

[...] for Barack. And while I have blogged about my affection and interest for the Senator (here and here) . . . I also haven’t written much here about what I think of the process and the election, [...]

By: john Q

john Q — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:29:04 +0000

oh no hillary is very liberal and would have us all as socialists if she could. wouldnt vote for her if she were the only candidate, would start a write in campaign. still trying to decide about the others. they seem to be changing to fit public opinion too much for me, as politicians tend to do.

By: Election Round-Up | iamjoshbrown.com

Election Round-Up | iamjoshbrown.com — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 15:27:43 +0000

[...] is a good article/insight. It falls in line with my predictions here and [...]

By: dave

dave — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 20:07:15 +0000

Hillary is following the same plan, but all you have to do is remember her health care plan to know how moderate sheâ€™s not.

Right…because one issue means she is not a moderate? Come on?

She has a very hawkish foreign policy record, she is fairly moderate on a lot of social issues, she even voted for a ban on flag burning. There is no question that she is liberal on some issues, but she is far from being “liberal” or “left.”

By: John Page

John Page — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 21:26:13 +0000

The 20-35 crowd do not typically vote much, so if they are going to find their voice, they need to do it in the next year, for sure! I think you got it Josh, in that most of the country is actually moderate, but the media are coastal, and thus on some extreme or another (sweeping generalization). So, do the politicians pander to the media to get coverage and “face time”? or do they pander to the people who actually watch the news and “present” moderate in order to get elected?
Do candidates really believe they can make the changes they talk of, or are they simply playing politicians to get elected?
I may be speaking out of complete ignorance, but has many politicians in the last two decades really accomplished much of what they said they’d do in their stump speeches while trying to get elected?
Has getting elected become the goal?
And, it appears that he/she who has the most money will get elected. Yes?