If two parties with two sets of bad ideas cooperate, the result is not good policy, but policy that is extremely bad. What we really need are correct economic and politcal ideas, regardless of the party that pushes them.
Certainly the policy is right and good politics usually follow good policy.
Good policy is grounded in a robust set of facts and data.
I'll go to my grave saying a gimmick is not good public policy.
Elections have to have at least a little meaning. Obama ran on income tax hikes for the wealthy. People knew they were voting for that. They 'want' that. And it's good policy.
The border is safe; it's secure. El Paso is the safest city in America. Let's own that. Let's be proud of that. And then, I think, good policy can follow from that, better outcomes included.
Nothing is more important to national security and the making and conduct of good policy than timely, accurate, and relevant intelligence. Nothing is more critical to accurate and relevant intelligence than independent analysis.
Fortunately, good policy, true principles, and effective leadership work whenever they are tried. When we reduce government, balance budgets, and keep taxes as low as possible, states respond in a positive way.
There is an old maxim which states that good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from poor judgment. I think something similar can be said of government policy, to wit: Good policy comes from experience, and experience comes from poor policy.
Feeling good about yourself is not the same thing as doing good. Good policy is more important than good feelings.
Good organization does not necessarily mean it will produce good policy. But bad organization will almost never produce good policy.
Good intentions rarely make good policy.
I'm a really big believer - this is not a statement about President [Barack] Obama, but whoever is president - that good policy is really important.
From my perspective, we as a nation need to make policy a priority and drive the politics as a result of good policy.
Good policy always trumps bad public relations and the best PR can't trump bad policy.
I'm a firm believer that if you put together a good product that is just good policy, that is embraced by both sides so that it is seen as politically advantageous to the Republicans or Democrats, that even in this very polarized partisan world that you can advance legislation. I have to believe that, or I wouldn't want to get up every morning.
A leader has a sound program, has a good policy, and then brings people together to solve problems.
Clemency exists for reasons of "humanity and good policy" and to provide "easy access to exceptions." The founders gave the president solo, unfettered clemency "responsibility" (Hamilton's word) because governments naturally tend to make criminal law overly severe, and one person "appears to be a more eligible dispenser of the mercy of government, than a body of men.
I think the best way to fight your detractors is to produce positive results and not think about them, but think about winning the hearts and minds of North Carolinians - or Americans - on good policy.
You know, there are certain things that make for good sound bites but don't always translate into good policy.
Let's not build the policy around the abuse. That's not good policy. That's actually bad policy. Build the policy around the aspiration point. That's what we need to do when we're seeing abuse online.
A good policy badly executed becomes a bad policy.
You don't determine what is good policy by polling.
Forget the consultants, the pundits and the pollsters; good policy is good politics.
In the end, rational policy is always good.
