Why is it then that we decide policy by polls?
It seems odd.
Isn't policy by polls like driving a car based on instructions from your eight-year old looking at the back window of the car? He can only tells what you just passed and has no appreciation for how the mechanics of driving the car works. Whatt he odds that you wreck?
Polls are driven by uninformed people having their dinner interrupted or selected to serve up a desired message. They have little interest how their opinion will be used.
Why do successful companies run with a board of directors? You want informed people with different life experiences to offer considered opinions.
Which tend be rewarded for good decisions and which are rewarded for decisions that reflect what others might believe based on 3 seconds of thought?
Republicans as the party of policy can never win based on polls. They can only win based on strong, well-articulated ideas and a healthy dose of disdainful humor for poll-driven Democrats. Any other response is to become a Democat-Lite wondering why he can never be elected.
