[MD] Spin word of the day: pragmatist

[MarshaV]

Greetings,

   I'm always interested in the new word of the day.  The newest 
political alphabet soup has choked up the word 'pragmatist'.  The 
newly elected congress members are being described not as 
conservative or moderate democrats, but as pragmatists.   I've heard 
Robert Gates described as a pragmatist.   I've heard the word too 
many times in the last 36 hours to be just a coincidence.

Marsha