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Originally Posted by u crank
I don't think that politicians and especially the President are elected to compromise....
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I am only one voter, but that is exactly whats I am looking for when electing a representative and president.
“Politics is the art of the possible, the attainable — the art of the next best”― Otto von Bismarck
Politics is about negotiating consensus and cooperation between factions.
The effective politician is pragmatic and pragmatism welcomes compromise.
One could modify Bismarck's comment to read "Politics is the art of the compromise.