But will it translate into policies apart from agriculture?
Governor Deal reckons his own method is to "translate my beliefs into policies and programmes".
Then, there's the concurrent causation clause that has crept into policies in recent years.
The opinions of thinkers were often mangled when they were translated into policies.
A retreat into policies which enthuse only party members would be disastrous.
Real change comes from translating our values into policies that can win popular support.
But there's no reason to let the fiscal cliff force us into policies that Americans don't actually want.
Obama must translate this vision into policies that extend U.S. influence abroad and spur economic growth at home.
To help settle the best of them and see them converted into policies with broad popular support.
Of course, whether he turn all this brave talk into policies that match the rhetoric is another question.
As for the immediate consequences of turning such ideals into policies, Lewis, particularly in his more recent writings, is oddly insouciant.
