tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21079623.post8997511696417045959..comments2023-04-20T23:23:08.705-07:00Comments on NeoMugwump: A Choice, Not an EchoDennis Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06115504318620722199noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21079623.post-68045134084618024732009-02-20T06:16:00.000-08:002009-02-20T06:16:00.000-08:00I was thinking about this on my drive in this morn...I was thinking about this on my drive in this morning after hearing them discuss it a bit on MSNBC. I think it's very easy and a bit cheap for Washington politicians, who are in many ways insulated from the people they represent (a big flaw in our system IMO)to be so critical of state governors. Governors are, I think, among the most pragmatic and realist of our elected officials because they have such an intimacy with the voters and their polices effect such immediate results. I think that's why they have been so popular as presidential candidates as Washington insiders become more and more entrenched. <BR/><BR/>I think Crist is abandoning 1st political principles in order to meet 1st demands from his citizens. Is this taking the easy way out? Perhaps. But I alsoreally admire his courage to take the politically unpopular risk here.Mike at The Big Stickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11510309563965977831noreply@blogger.com