June 2010

Is Obama the most consequential president since Reagan?

Machiavelli who is considered the first political scientist ever wrote in 1532 that, “There is nothing more difficult to carry out, nor more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to handle than to initiate a new order of things.”  His point was that the status quo is a hard thing to change.  In a democracy the status quo is the old guard.  The old guard tends to be the special interests, bureaucrats, and the powerful who have a stake in the status quo.  If the balance of power changes and reforms are made then their power and influence may be decreased.  So they u

• The Presidency

Is President Obama a Socialist?

One of the goals of The Pragmatic Center is to cut through all of the political posturing and media spin to get at the truth.  American politics has become more about perception than reality so the truth can be hard to reveal.  The two parties brand each other in ways that usually do not hold any truth.  The Republicans are not racist (actually studies show that minorities get more effective help from Republicans in Congress) and Democrats are not tax and spend liberals (that’s an old label from the days of the New Deal and Great Society, since then the party has moved decide

• American Politics

The A.M. News June 28, 2010

We compile the morning’s most important and interesting political stories for you so that you don’t have to. 

Senator Robert Byrd dies at 92
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0610/39087.html

The Republicans strategy on Obama’s Supreme Court pick
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0610/39081.html

• The Media

Christian Quinones

The Only Way To Stop The Current Political Stagnation Is To Strongly Support Term Limits And Enforce It Otherwise Politicians Become The New Medival Kings And Lords Of The 21st Century.
- Christian Quinones -

• Reforms