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Our Politics of Polarization

DauTieng59 Wrote: Jul 18, 2012 7:30 PM

Maybe the folks at the Bridge in Concord should have been more civil and tried to compromise with the those nice boys from England. There are times when compromise is NOT the solution. Having a $2.5 trillion deficit instead of a $5.0 trillion is not the solution. IT'S THE PROBLEM!!! W have gotten along by going along for TOO long and that is how we got here. "Gee a $100 billion didn't fix the problem but made it worst; well evidently the solution is to spend $900 billion." "Oh no lets compromise and only spend $700 billion on a failed policy, which is destined to fail no matter how much you spend but we wouldn't want to break anyone rice bowl. This is not a time for compromise but a time to stand your ground and win or lose.

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Our Politics of Polarization

WASHINGTON -- As his campaign threw out unsubstantiated charges that Mitt Romney might be guilty of a felony, and then mocked Romney's off-key singing of "America the Beautiful," President Obama took a moment to reflect on the sad state of America's political tone. "Washington feels as broken as it did four years ago," he explained. "And if you ask me what is the one thing that has frustrated me most over the last four years, it's not the hard work. It's not the enormity of the decisions. It's not the pace. It is that I haven't been able to change...

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