On Sep 27, 2011, at 9:51 AM, Mike Gonzalez wrote: > I'm putting together a site/blog thing that mostly consists of series > of features, maps and media. My goal is to bring attention to other > denizens of the center, highlight discussions of issues, etc. One of > these is a weekly question directed toward a panel of active centrists/ > moderates/affiliated independents. If anyone wants to take a stab at > this week's question, here it is: > > "What does it mean to you to be politically pragmatic?"
Pragmatism in politics can mean two very different things. Politicians use it to defend the "logrolling" necessary to get different interest groups and constituencies to agree to support a particular bill, often in exchange for pork. Voters use the term to refer to "moderate" policies that may not have the full impact of a theoretically (or ideologically) pure solution, but are as much as the population can handle at the time. My personal definition concedes the validity of both of those, but insists on empirical justification beforehand, and empirical validation afterwards. -- Dr. Ernie http://RadicalCentrism.org > > I figure a digestible answer would be anywhere from a sentence to a > paragraph. > > If you would like to take part, please include whether you you want me > to credit you as a psuedonym or as your real name, first name, or > initials (I go by a pseudonym at the moment). Also, note any site or > blog of yours that you would like to link to. > > http://moderatetradition.wordpress.com > > -- > Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community > <[email protected]> > Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism > Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org
