Mike, if I am a legislator who is pushing an unpopular law - yes I am.
Oleg, with all due respect, i think this is crazy. The reason we have an elective government is so that the elected officials represent their constituency. If you suggest that elected officials should blindly follow popular opinion you should really re-examine how the government of this country works and how it was intended to work.

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Человек, который почувствовал ветер перемен, должен построить не щит от ветра, а ветряную мельницу