Mark Shields: Mitch McConnell and Today's Conservatives Embrace Bile Over Optimism

A long time ago, I learned from Bill Schneider , a very wise man, that in order to understand American politics, you have to understand the differences between an ideologue - a believer in a defined ideology - and a pragmatist - someone who instead is concerned with practical results.

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