re: #488 realwest

““One of the problems we’ve had in this town is that people draw lines in the sand and they stop talking to each other. And you don’t get anything done. That’s not the way the president approaches this,” the White House adviser said.”
That’s cause Axelrod’s President has no significant moral compass and is unlikely to take a “stand” on anything that might prove to be politically unpopular with his “base”.

It’s called weathervane leadership and it’s really cool and nuanced and hip and pragmatic all at the same time.