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Pragmatism is overrated and extremely dangerous to any small government platform.
Pragmatism is needed to be able to be in a position to ultimately lead the nation on whatever platform you have.
There's reasons why, despite all the talking and despite all the adoration of his loyal fans and despite all the "money bombs", Ron Paul was a joke of a factor in 08 and wasn't truly much of a factor in '12. A large part of that was the man had next to no pragmatism in him, and a distinct inability in any way to deal with things in a realistic way within the world as it is today.
Lack of Pragmatism is fine and good for talking on a radio show, teaching in a university, writing a book, or even running for local elections at times. For running for the Presidency and winning a nation wide election, a death sentence. You're not just trying to get the votes of ideologues, political junkies, policy wonks, and others like that. You're going after joe average, and seemingly outlandish, extreme, radical seeming stances, timetables, and policies aren't appealing.