Reply #9: You're right of course... [View All]

...I'm simply using those labels that most are accustomed. There are many ways to frame this debate. It could be realist v idealist.

But we've heard of this 'picking your battles' before. Some see it as a rationalization for politicians not wanting to get their hands dirty doing the hard work of democracy.

The very point of being an opposition party is to fight EVERY battle and do your best to win every time. This is my complaint against the 'moderate' strategy of choosing only the easy battles where there is less of a chance of getting 'bloody'.

You'll never see the Right 'pick their battles'...even when they were in the minority. Even small victories were important to them.