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How about just like an Eisenhower or Kennedy or Mandela? Competition isn't a good sign in politics, it just means people havent reached a good consensus.
by nverno 5y ago
How about just like an Eisenhower or Kennedy or Mandela? Competition isn't a good sign in politics, it just means people havent reached a good consensus.
- legitster 5y agoThe difference with Eisenhower and Kennedy is that they were elected in eras when people were much more likely to switch their votes between parties - on average elections we were much more competitive.
- cbozeman 5y agoCompetition is the best sign of healthy politics. It means many different ideas are being expressed and debated. Politics is supposed to be an eternal struggle against competing ideas. Stagnation is death.
- w0de0 5y agoBoth Eisenhower and Kennedy were moderates who could not get elected in a gerrymandered district because their strategy of appealing to the national center does not work in an idea logically homogenous district.
- zepto 5y agoThat assumes there’s some ideal that can be reached or an ideal leader rather than an ever evolving set of solutions. Competition is vital in politics. What isn’t so good is when nobody can actually win.