Is it good for candidates to be courageous on hot button issues?

[ruggerson]

Or should they be more cautious and political, so they can actually get elected and then effect change?

[Fed_Up_Grammy]

1. They should be courageous,but they won't be---none of them

They want to be elected.

Period.

[robinlynne]

6. Listen to Edwards, right now on cspan.

[pennylane100]

2. Well it will be important to the people who like those issues,

unfortunately, it very rarely wins elections. They say that that a nation gets the
leaders it deserves. That means to me that we are a nation that deserves little, if anything at all and we will never elect people who are brave enough to speak out on issues they really believe in.

[rjones2818]

3. Yes.

Which is why I'm for Dennis!

Go Dennis! :woohoo:
http://dennis4president.com
Vote your conscience, choose peace!

[TwilightZone]

4. We can't push progressive issues if we don't get elected in the first place.

[robinlynne]

5. As Dr. Phil says, "how's that working out for you?"

It is not working for me.