Well, I think it's true in any field, not just politics, that if you try to please everyone, you won't get anything done. Not to say it's OK to be rude to people. But disagreeing and going a different direction after listening -- nothing wrong with that necessarily. Effective people do that all the time. Eugene has a habit of processing stuff to death.

But this reminds me of the old joke: Guy moves to a new town. Asks his new neighbor: "How are the people around here? Friendly? Or cranky?" Neighbor says: "Well, how were the people in your last town?" "Kinda cranky," says the newcomer. "I think you'll find people here are the same way," says the neighbor.