Word: perfective
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...seems certain to lose the White House. On top of a reenergized Democratic Party, Republicans suffer from a malaise surrounding their presidential candidates. But this angst over the Republican primary is not due to an actual lack of conservatism among the candidates. Rather, Republicans are looking for a perfect candidate, which sadly doesn’t exist. And unless Republicans realize that no one candidate will rescue them, they’ll see a lot of blue on election night...
...Republicans want a choir boy for their soldier; he must be a pure conservative on all fronts: foreign policy, the economy, and social issues. But past Republican presidents never have been perfect. President George W. Bush bloated the federal government with Medicare Part D and the No Child Left Behind Act. His father raised taxes. Even President Ronald Reagan, the gold standard against whom every candidate is measured, granted amnesty to illegal immigrants, political suicide in today?...
...need only look across the House to see a party energized and engaged with their candidates, even though they’re far from perfect (from a liberal perspective). The frontrunner, Senator Clinton, voted for the Iraq War, the No Child Left Behind Act, and Medicare Part D, all of which she now criticizes. But the Democrats don’t fret, because they know if Sen. Clinton becomes President, she will advance their cause...
...they all offer the same general philosophy and experience in promoting smaller, more efficient government. Now we need to pick the candidate who offers a version of conservatism most needed for the times, not the conservatism to end all conservatism. After all, even Reagan wasn’t perfect...
...sure, Summers was not a perfect president. At times, he was less tactful than he should have been; he may have been overly ambitious in his reforms; and many of his ideas were controversial. But Larry Summers is not a symbol of racism or sexism. He is a progressive who values intellectual honesty in academia. To claim otherwise is to grossly distort his words and beliefs...