Comments on: Bringing Independents to the Table

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Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:02:55 +0000

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By: Mark Weaver

Mark Weaver — Sat, 03 May 2008 18:25:17 +0000

What people in the center miss in the Democratic campaign is that if we look back George Bush Sr. entered the executive branch in 1980…if Clinton gets 2 terms we will have had two families in the executive branch for a total of 36 years!! We might as well have a king.

By: Paul Silver

Paul Silver — Fri, 02 May 2008 15:50:06 +0000

Nice post to remind us that working together requires some skills and training.
As for the legislatures our challenge is getting people elected who want to work together. The current system of financing campaigns and determining districts tends to favor inflexible partisanship and special interests.

By: gljunket

gljunket — Fri, 02 May 2008 12:52:21 +0000

Now that’s the most rational commentary I’ve seen ANYWHERE during this entire embarrassment called a campaign. The so-called Centrists were sounding that way with the promise of a “post-partisan era” and “common ground.” But with Bloomberg pulling back, and Nunn going to Obama, the leadership fell apart. Except for Alan Stewart Carl on this blog, and now you, I had lost all hope that the potential sanity had lost out to the bickering pettiness of the daily poll-gazing and sound byte smashing polarization that so many view as “healthy political debate??!!?!?” Even Centerfield has succumbed. I’ll be looking to you and those you reference for some more visible substance and real leadership. Thank you!