I Define "Winning" In Politics To Be...

[jberryhill]

[Horse with no Name]

1. Winning in politics...is serving the greater good

and serving the needs of the people...even if they are not campaign contributors, or even if they didn't vote for that candidate.

[proud patriot]

7. +1

[TBF]

9. Agreed, and I'd define "greater good" as helping the people

who need it most.

[Horse with no Name]

10. Not only is that the RIGHT thing to do...it is also in the Bible.

Not that these Christianists would pay attention to anything like that...

[jberryhill]

11. What about if they are mistaken about what is the greater good?

[phantom power]

2. Other: "Advancing the policies I want to advance"

[socialist_n_TN]

8. That's mine too......

Although I also agree with Horse's post above. So, other.

[dkf]

3. Putting us in a better position to be successful in the future.

[tularetom]

4. Catching a member of the other side with a dead girl

or a live boy.

[loyalsister]

5. From up close in the room personal experience

negotiating and getting anything between the best possible and preventing the worst. For example:
Advocates negotiated medicaid with republicans. Coming from a point where the deal on the table was to take away a variety of services from medicaid, attendant care, dental care, etc.... We wanted to kill the bill or at least make it less painful. Sadly the bill passed and people died as a result. When changes were negotiated, we gave in on some previous "demands." ie Dental care, podiatry, poverty level, and a lot of other things. But, attendant services and others (for example medical equipment and oxygen provided outside of a medical provider) made it back in. Meanwhile, more than one person with diabetes went downhill and died because they lost podiatry care.

There is no such thing as "winning" in politics. Elections, maybe but not in practice.

[TheCowsCameHome]

6. ....next to impossible