From the WPC: We Must Do What's Good For Society... Once I Get What I Want"

The campaign between Senators Clinton and Obama has certainly been hard fought and increasingly appears that there is little love lost between them. The race highlights an interesting dichotomy.

Both advocate policies on a number of fronts, including climate change, that call for people to set aside their personal interests in favor of the good of society. They advocate a range of government regulations and programs to force Americans to adhere to their chosen path and lifestyle.

Senator Clinton, however, is very unlikely to receive enough delegates to win the nomination. The math is not insurmountable, but is pretty steep. Yet, she is not stepping aside in favor of the good of the party. This may even require the Democrats to spend money to re-run elections in Florida and Michigan.

If those who publicly advocate policies that require setting personal interests aside cannot do so for the good of their own party, how can they expect that a nationwide policy would be successful? Does it make more sense to advocate policies that require people to ignore their personal interests or ones that harness those personal interests to spur creativity, technology and economic growth?

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