Friday, September 16, 2005

Mamet: Poker and the Dems

Mamet: Poker and the Dems

I'm incapable of playing poker for the same reason Harry Potter is so bad at occlumency (look it up): my emotions ride too close to the surface and I can't bluff. Perhaps that's one reason my forays into electoral politics were failures.

But that's not Mamet's broader point:


  • In politics as in poker, the only way to win is to seize the initiative. The Democrats need to make bold wagers or risk being rolled over again.

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