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35. That's an interesting observation. 'Career goal driven'. I'm not sure if that is true across the

Sun Nov 9, 2014, 12:42 AM

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board. I think you are right that today, many Republicans ARE ideologically driven, but many are also career goal driven. See the jobs they go to after they leave, or are kicked out of office eg. Same thing with Dems, although I think you are right that TODAY more Dems are more career goal driven than they used to be.

The numbers of Dems who actually were driven by ideology, are diminishing rapidly. Some of the best Progressives are gone, even the Progressive Caucus is shrinking in numbers. Politicians are well compensated for their 'work' after they leave office now.

I'll think your observation some more, it is possible that this is why they appear to have no real message, despite the fact that the message should be very simple for them.

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That's an interesting observation. 'Career goal driven'. I'm not sure if that is true across the sabrina 1 Nov 2014 #35

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