And BTK, special interest groups win because they care enough to stand up and be counted and they're willing to be heard. Don't blame them because the majority has abdicated its right to rule.

The silent majority does vote when it is important to them. They are frequently the deciding factor in who our President is, although they rarely speak up soon enough to help pick a good candidate. That's their choice. It would be nice if more of them voted but enough do to make the ultimate choices.

If it's not important enough, they choose to let it go until it becomes important to them. That's their right. I don't agree with it, but I'll respect it nonetheless. Until they decide it is important to stand up and say enough is enough, America is stuck with poor choices. Who knows, maybe one day our children or grandchildren or perhaps our great-granchilden for some of us will change the tide and not be the silent majority. More young people today are interested in politics than they have been in other generations of the 21st century. We might get lucky yet.