"He's not the one afraid to speak or share ideas, he is participative, democratic, knows how to share and work in teams, and — most importantly — he can work at his own pace, so he is motivated to come back after long absences".
They are the democratic levers voters know how to pull," Mr Hague said.
Such talk no doubt unnerves Democratic leaders, who know how excruciating it can be to assemble the supermajority of 60 votes on relatively routine bills, let alone on the complex and far-reaching measures coming down the Congressional pike.
But this is uncertain, and in any case the public finances cannot wait to be fixed.A second drawback is that many Britons may be too apathetic, too accustomed to dependence on the state and too lacking in democratic know-how to use any new power.
Scholars, policymakers and citizens all want to know how democratic countries are.
It may be dangerous, however, for Mr. Romney and his advisers to assume that they know how Democratic and independent voters will react to questions about his wealth.
But Mr. McCall, the governor has been able to cut into the traditional Democratic constituency and we know how you feel about the unions and about the economic development money that he's been spreading around.
Nadler said he didn't know how Democratic leadership would feel about revisiting the idea.
If nothing else and at the very least, everyone in the Democratic party should want to know how he's going to handle this stuff if he's our nominee.
They know all the arguments, and they also know how little a Democratic congressman matters in the Bush era.
"A democratic populace relies on people who know how to think critically, who are willing and able to take action".
