Well, la-di-dah

Today's paper, front page, is a picture of "Batman"
and a story of "prominent Republicans" in our state,
endorsing my favorite candidate, the "Independent Democrat" - !

They're crossing over to support him, instead of their own party's guy. (!)
It's very interesting.

If the "prominent Republicans" are thinking the same as me, then one or the other of us must be in trouble. (?!)
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What is "prominent"?
Is it the same as fancy schmancy?
Or, is it more like la-di-dah?
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The story says, "If elected, [the Independent Democrat candidate] said he would gather a team of Republicans, Democrats and Independents around the governor's conference table to work on solutions to the deficit.

'Problem solving has to trump partisan politics,' he said, adding his election would not mean a winner-take-all process."
------------------------------ Several important key words/phrases in there:
a. team
b. problem solving
c. partisan politics, and
d. winner-take-all...

In what I read, the modern-era (1994 to now, I think) stalemate / gridlock / locked-down / ambience in Washington is caused by entrenched partisan warfare (item c), resulting in a petulant, bullying, "winner-take-all" (item d) culture -- and it leaks back-and-forth from politics to business, and back, I think.

Meanwhile problems (item b) don't get solved because politicians are too busy fighting with each other and raising Money.
Working as a team (item a) -- it's like, Hello, define that, please. We don't know what that is, anymore.

A woman who chaired House Appropriations (state level) in the nineties is quoted in the front-page story, also, saying she recognized his "strong ability to lead" even as a young Republican legislator from a small town west of here.
The story adds, The candidate "has since switched to the Democratic Party."
(It's as if by proving himself, and yet quitting one party to join another, which can tick off power brokers, still, now, he's created -- or discovered -- an opportunity to bring people back together again and get them working together in a positive way.

Our veteran Appropriations Chair was quoted in the article -- the candidate's "most outstanding quality is his willingness to stand up for an issue and for people and to make tough decisions."

Batman, babe.

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