Dear Hecate,
How many times during a political career can a Legislative Leader take the bold step of creating really good public policy that finally redistributes government resources and services more fairly and pisses off powerful provider and interest groups at the same time?
Hecate's Answer
That's why they're called leaders, and she can do it as many times as she can hold on to her own seat in her own district,as many times as as she can absorb the political heat herself, and as many times as she can help her members get reelected by making sure they each have a couple of hero opportunities for their own district.
By the way, it's the same way strong legislative leaders make bad public policy too.
Who is Hecate?
Hecate is a Greek Goddess who served as a guide and coach at the crossroads of Hades, where after crossing the River Styx, Greek souls found themselves facing three choices: the Elysian Fields, abode of the great and heroic; the Fields of Asphodel, for all who had led a blameless but ordinary life; or to Tartarus, a sunless land of punishment for criminals.
Hecate's best known role in Greek mythology was guiding Persephone, the goddess of spring, on her annual journeys between Hades and Earth. In the Homeric Hymn to Demeter, Hecate is portrayed as a nurturing and protective guide for Persephone on those annual journeys.
