It's a political decision, but sometimes this is how the political process works best. For better or worse our political process pushes towards extreme edges d

It's a political decision, but sometimes this is how the political process works best. For better or worse our political process pushes towards extreme edges during the primaries as candidates have to play to the base. Getting appointed officials through congressional approval forces the people actually doing the work to be closer to the center of the country's political thought.