As governor, Mr Johnson showed that a non-ideological, pragmatic libertarianism can work as a governing philosophy.

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There are good pragmatic reasons for the prime minister to work to heal that divide.

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He has already shown that he can work on this issue in a pragmatic and bipartisan way, refining his proposal by melding it with the ideas of Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon, a Democrat.

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It is often said that there are two Republican parties: the congressional one in Washington, which is ideological, hard-edged and divisive, and the state Republicans (especially the governors), who are pragmatic, non-ideological, focused on social issues and willing to work with anyone to get things done.

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So my whole goal over the next four years is to make sure that whatever arguments are persuasive and backed up by evidence and facts and proof that they can work, that we are pulling people together around that kind of pragmatic agenda.

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And this could work against the balance of power scheme that the more, uh, well pragmatic diplomats in Washington, uh, would like to see.

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This work is undertaken on his own time and driven by his curiosity and the pragmatic recognition that he must do more than keep up to compete with younger generations with recent degrees.

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By sheer force of will, and pragmatic willingness to try anything that might help, she has created a treatment that appears to work.

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One more-or-less pragmatic option would be to levy taxes on those who have jobs in order to support those who cannot work via unemployment benefits and government work.

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