The widening political divide

as we saw last year with healthcare on the heels of the 2008 election and with the budget bills on the heels of the 2010 election, each party feels that it has to go on a power grab and make sure that the other side is beat down and humbled in the process. Of course, according to the followers of FOX and MSNBC, winning an election regardless of how wide or narrow the margin means that a politician is justified in imposing an ideology because he/she has “the mandate of the people” or so they say…. -Matt




I totally agree with this but where did this winner take all attitude come from?  I always thought that the two party system worked because compromises could be negotiated. But it seems like it seems Republicans and Democrats would rather argue and name call rather than discuss issues and find solutions.


And is it just me or have things actually gotten worse since President Obama called for more civility between parties last month.


As much as I liked the job that President George W Bush did; I believe that his administration is at the root of the problem we have now. I believe that for whatever reason President Bush getting us into the Iraq War seems to have angered liberals enough that we are still dealing with the backlash.


What I think happened is that in their hatred for the war liberals allowed themselves to believe they weren't listened to and that festered and grew enough that it led to a extreme liberal, President Obama, get elected.  Since President Obama took office I believe that Democrats have gotten, essentially, power drunk.


I had hoped that the loss of Democrat seats in Congress during mid term elections would help. But, I think just the opposite has happened. Why?


I believe we are in the midst of a political storm.  On one side we have Republican governors  who are doing what they think best to balance their budgets. On the other side we have unions and Democrats who don't want to give up their power.


We have MSNBC (liberals) and Fox (conservatives) egging things on; I believe essentially because ratings equals money.


And considering that the federal budget is basically next on the agenda, I don't see a peaceful, unified country any time soon.


What will it take to remove some of the acrimony on the situation?  I have a coupe of thoughts on that for next time.