Via John Scalzi.

My personal observation about Democrats and liberals is that many seem to vote to “solve” things, and once they think things are “solved” they let their attention wander off to whatever else it is they are doing. Many republicans and conservatives, on the other hand, seem to vote to “push” things in the direction they want them to go.

This tracks with my observations. If there’s one thing to take from the GOP, it’s vote to “push” not to “solve”.