by Ratburntro44 » Tue Jun 12, 2012 6:57 pm
You know, a truly good candidate would not base anything he does off of anything he believes; he should base it off of the constituents. If he supports whatever the people support at that time, not what he supports, that is a good thing; the perfect politician would be the one who does what the people want, not says what they wants and forces the people to lose on certain things.
For example, let's say we have 4 issues:
Issue 1: 75% for
Issue 2: 80% for
Issue 3: 65% against
Issue 4: 80% for
We have two candidates.
Issue 1: A for, B against
Issue 2: A against, B for
Issue 3: A against, B for
Issue for: A for, B against
Most likely, A will win; he agrees with the majority on 3/4 issues, while B does on 1/4. However, with normal politics, that would mean the people lose on Issue 2. The perfect politician, candidate C, rather than acting at all on what he is in favor of, will vote for whatever his constituents tell him they want. He should win on every issue. He is the best.
Now, Mitt Romney is certainly not this perfect candidate; but he is certainly much more like that than Ron Paul.
P.S. Why is compromise a swear word in politics? Compromises are supposed to be good.