03-24-2013, 05:15 PM
Interesting, well written piece, thank you.
"Dole is the last republican I have respect for. He understood the need for compromise, something both sides need to reaquire."
One can only hope that there are still Republicans ready to stand up to the radical right wingers that are eating their party alive from within.
' “This is probably a naive view, but I always believed that if you had a view and I had a view, we are both well intentioned,” Dole said. That is different than “having somebody saying ‘never give in’ and not compromise.”
Solving Washington gridlock shouldn’t be that difficult. Think of it as a math problem, he said.
“If somebody is at a two and you are at four, there ought to be some way to get to three,” Dole said. “And you settle on three.” '
"Dole is the last republican I have respect for. He understood the need for compromise, something both sides need to reaquire."
One can only hope that there are still Republicans ready to stand up to the radical right wingers that are eating their party alive from within.
' “This is probably a naive view, but I always believed that if you had a view and I had a view, we are both well intentioned,” Dole said. That is different than “having somebody saying ‘never give in’ and not compromise.”
Solving Washington gridlock shouldn’t be that difficult. Think of it as a math problem, he said.
“If somebody is at a two and you are at four, there ought to be some way to get to three,” Dole said. “And you settle on three.” '