Project Logic Ga

But it sometimes turns out that national and state leaders in the same party came to realize that not all members of the other party are evil, wrong, and all together scum of the earth.  I am going to break my arm patting myself on the back for having friends and associates from all over the political spectrum.  While we get heated in discussions, all of us are well-intended Americans who want the nation to succeed.  The question becomes “how do we get there.”  

At times, the Democrats want to mother the people and kiss their boo boos while the Republicans want to be the tough discipline-oriented father types.  In the Georgia congressional delegation, they must be making secret pacts in the House and Senate cloakrooms that say, “colleague, I actually like you but you know we must mix it up in public to keep the party faithful pleased…you understand, right.” 

When the GOP ran the White House, both houses of Congress and Georgia state government, they had a swagger and attitude that would have made Caesar and Napoleon envious.  Their control over the federal government is gone for now but they still have that swagger.  To many of them, they weren’t wrong in policies and actions; the voters were charmed and mislead by the brilliance of Obama and his bottomless moneybag.  Huh? 

Watch the Republicans who honesty say, “my bad, we got off track.”  Those self-reflecting leaders are keepers and they are the one who know that party politics is secondary to fixing our economy and our place on the world stage.  These guys also realize what the hardhead can’t see or hear: President Obama is about America more than being about the Democrat Party—remember the diehard Democrats really wanted Hillary or Edwards before the masses (including non-party people and new voters) stood up and said “Obama..Obama.”  

That observation means Obama can take consult from conservatives and moderates who seek to rein in spending and debt after this orgy of stimulus/recovery spending. Those who pull Obama to the center will be credited with not waiting until the next election to take action and the center will acknowledge their prudent decisions. 

Whom am I fooling with that fantasy talk?  And if the leaves of this magnolia tree outside my window turn into hundred dollar bills, I can take a LL Bean dufflebag full of money to SunTrust.  It is not going to happen because major party operatives benefit from the fighting and drama but read the actions of the Georgia Senators and congressmen.  When was the last time you saw then really working hard to get rid of a member from the other party—okay, Congresswoman McKinney.   

And if you want to go on the “Listening Tour,” you should also listen to the people who did not vote for you, understand why they did not and engage them in a healthy dialog.  That’s what the Blue Dog Democrats did; they listened to the center and some conservatives and secured enough support to be Blue in otherwise Red areas.  Can you say emulate?