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Originally Posted by ZenGum
There are times, though, when we need a strong leader to say something like "screw your poll results, screw your marginal electorates and swing states etc..., I'm in charge here and were doing [insert necessary but unpopular move here]!"
Alas, for someone to be able to say that, they'd need to have roughly absolute power, and we have an adage about that, too.
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John Howard was the kind of leader that said and did that sort of thing. He was also completely deluded about how good his decisions were. I agree with your point Zen (and I know that you know this), but pigheadedness needs to be recognised for what it is-as does wisdom in the face of unpopularity.