During the year and change since President Obama was sworn in, there have been significant changes on many things Democratic. From the perceptions of our leaders, to our stated goals; as political reality and the DC mentality meet campaign promises, plans and ideas, changes have occurred.
This has led to various divisions and fractures within the party. Certainly, they are apparent here in this microcosm known as the Daily KOS. The most prevalent manner of looking at these divisions is between progressives and centrists. And there is significant legitimacy to this approach to categorization.
However, I feel that there is perhaps a better manner of viewing this division, one that may allow for better communication, and a restoration cohesive effort towards the shared goals that we all pretty much agreed upon during the election cycle. Put succinctly, that division is between those who believe that the pragmatism of the solutions must precede the politics in order to achieve the long term goals, and those who see the pragmatism of politics as being the first order of business in order to achieve said same goals in the end.
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