The president would have been well advised to select a business leader committed to pragmatic policies to revitalizing manufacturing.
"Mrs. Gandhi has brought new hope, a new sense of unity," to the party, he said, asking: "In what way is Mrs. Gandhi not an Indian?" "She is rational, pragmatic, committed to the ideas which Congress and our country stand for," he added.
"On education the choice is this: a Labour Party committed to sensible and pragmatic solutions for overcoming the growing pressures on school places, or David Cameron's irresponsible schools policy that prioritises money for new schools in areas with surplus places," he said.
Todd Stern, the State Department's special envoy on climate change, said all major countries were committed to seeking "a strong, pragmatic and solid agreement" in Copenhagen.
Although Mr. Chávez's government has done its best to paint a caricature of Mr. Capriles as an old-style right-wing oligarch, he is unmistakably within the Brazilian center-left mold: Mr. Capriles pitches himself as an ambitious but pragmatic social reformer committed to ending the Chávez era's authoritarian excesses.
The 31-year-old actor is in just about every scene in the film, which flips back and forth between Fielding Pierce's passionate affair in the 70's with Sarah Jennifer Connollyy), a committed political activist, and his pragmatic 80's campaign for a freshly vacated Congressional seat.
Optimistic because amongst all the leaders that I have been able to work with who have invested so much in this process, there is a Speaker who is tireless, focused, idealistic and pragmatic and is committed to do whatever is humanly possible – and maybe some things that aren't – to deliver for the American people.
His commitment to the principles of economic opportunity for the poor, and ownership and investment in blighted neighborhoods, made him a practical and pragmatic ally for those committed to transforming urban neighborhoods.
The G.O.P. report is an extraordinary public acknowledgment of internal discord and vulnerability, which has intensified the battle between the deeply committed conservative wing and the more pragmatic, pro-business wing for control of the Republican Party.
