I admit I was a Hillary supporter and now am an Obama supporter, but this goes way beyond party affilliation. I never pledged allegiance to the Democratic Party or the Republican Party, but the United State of America. I agree with many, the two parties are causing way too much polarization among Americans. It has become a win at all costs, and those costs are dragging us down. I have read we owe China and Japan a trillion dollars for loans. Are we going to print more money to pay them after we get done with this bailout? We need some really smart people sent to Washington (think tanks) to figure out how to get us out of this mess and party affiliation be damned. If Congress and the President (whoever that is) can't get us on the road to recovery and solvent, vote someone in that will.
Also, I do a lot of mediations and find when people are face to face rather than on the phone or emails, they are much more civil to each other. My resolution from now forward is to not throw any stones, tomatoes, and past indescretions of our representatives at each other (Heaven knows there is enough of that on both sides of the aisle) for anyone else's opinion, or in lieu of having one myself. As much as I disagree with Cabo on issues, he is always a gentleman in his writings. I would also like to point out Kahuana for the same. There are many others that disagree with posts that I can't think of to mention, but take the high road. Thanks.