I'm not American, so my opinion is...just that, an opinion. But I find that Clinton sounds like she knows what she's talking about.
I've become very jaded working around policy workers in Government, and I've seen what Politicians do to move things along, it's not pretty, but pragmatism and a good working knowledge of the system does count for a lot.
I see Obama as an idealist, and I agree with a lot of what he says, but I keep saying 'So, how are you going implement this, how is this going to work down on the ground, do you know anything about the machinery of government? '.
Social policy takes a lot of work to swing things around, it's not a matter of signing a piece of paper. I don't know if Obama quite grasps that reality as yet.
And who knows, maybe he'll be very good at it, and I don't know how pluralist democracy works in America, apart from some vague concepts of working Federalism and what I've seen in episodes of the 'The West Wing'.
I'm a little terrified*, from watching your system, of the way the election system sets up factional party infighting, but I've been told by people who know more then I do that it's very normal, so I'll go along with that ;)
(OK, sometimes a lot terrified when I see people who support the same party getting into flame wars)
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Date: 2008-04-16 11:15 am (UTC)I've become very jaded working around policy workers in Government, and I've seen what Politicians do to move things along, it's not pretty, but pragmatism and a good working knowledge of the system does count for a lot.
I see Obama as an idealist, and I agree with a lot of what he says, but I keep saying 'So, how are you going implement this, how is this going to work down on the ground, do you know anything about the machinery of government? '.
Social policy takes a lot of work to swing things around, it's not a matter of signing a piece of paper. I don't know if Obama quite grasps that reality as yet.
And who knows, maybe he'll be very good at it, and I don't know how pluralist democracy works in America, apart from some vague concepts of working Federalism and what I've seen in episodes of the 'The West Wing'.
I'm a little terrified*, from watching your system, of the way the election system sets up factional party infighting, but I've been told by people who know more then I do that it's very normal, so I'll go along with that ;)
(OK, sometimes a lot terrified when I see people who support the same party getting into flame wars)