Reply #118: But these proposals set "goals," and if the "goals" look like baby steps [View All]

then you're not going to attract the voters who think that the Dems don't care about the little person.

The goals should be big and bold. The incremental steps may end up being small, but this idea of starting with baby steps is just dumb from a PR point of view, because in real life, everyone knows that there's a lot of compromise in politics, and if you start out by saying that your "goal" is to move an inch, when you really need to move a yard, you'll end up moving half an inch, barely enough to notice. If you state that your goal is to move a yard, then you may have to negotiate down to moving six inches, but you'll still be ahead of where you would end up with your timid little one-inch "goal."