Do we participate in a politics of cynicism or do we participate in a politics of hope?
Libertarians, accustomed to dwelling on the margins of American politics, participate in elections without hope of electoral success, if they participate at all.
But I really do think that social media, the internet, and the hyper-connectedness of modern Americans and especially young people has done more to shift public opinions than anything in the realm of politics could ever hope to achieve.
And if voters do that then UKIP could become the fourth party of British politics that they hope to become.
It's an old fashioned way of doing politics but I hope it's a way in which politicians can be more open to people and answer the questions people have on their minds.
The shift in Egypt has the potential to directly impact Palestinian politics, and has spurred hope of a relaxation of Egyptian restrictions at the border with Gaza.
"A president appointing a younger Justice can hope to influence the politics of the Court for a longer period, " said Paul Carrington, a Duke University law professor who backs term limits for the court.
Even optimists do not dare to hope that such measures will rid Thai politics of corruption.
Given the factional nature of Korean politics, however, it is a faint hope.
The collective hope of investors: Indonesia is set for stable politics and a new coalition government with the clout to stay the restructuring course.
"We hope these census numbers signal a new era of racial politics in our states, rooted not only in strong economies but also equalities for all people, " said Jennifer Allen, executive director of the human rights organization Border Action Network.
Mr Khatami's reformers hope that this election will be the start of true party politics.
Although Western unease toward Morsi's Islamist politics is justified by recent experience, the existence of historical and political variation offers hope that Egypt won't become a new caliphate.
Some are wary of ex-military personalities joining politics altogether, she says, but others hope Mr Belhadj's move will encourage other rebel strongmen to abandon their guns and join Libya's political process to rebuild the country.
We are also, I believe (hope?) witnessing the last excesses of a style of politics and campaigning that came into being in the 1960s, and that should have gone out of existence in the Clinton administration.
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That cleans it up, that decentralizes it, that gives people hope once again that politics is and always should be about the service of the public.
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But just as people in countries across the region are busy contesting received wisdoms in politics, and are starting to challenge the role of religion in public policy, I hope they will start asking the same hard questions of sexual life.
What they don't appreciate is that for his independent supporters, the hope and change that Obama represented was a break from the hyper-polarized politics of the past.
Excerpt: The liberal opposition to religious activism in politics is another cause of citizen alienation from government, for many deeply religious citizens do not understand how a nation can call itself democratic when they are accepted in politics only if they are willing to leave behind that aspect of their lives that provides meaning and hope.
"I would hope that we could revive that civility and that political partnership and that comity and politics of common ground that President Reagan and Tip O'Neill and others so powerfully demonstrated on so many occasions during the '80s, " he said.
Let us hope that Europe's political leaders are too aware of the myriad challenges confronting them in world politics to waste their time and energies once again on institution building and introversion.
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