09-26-2011, 11:09 PM
(09-26-2011, 03:39 PM)username Wrote: I was listening to a radio discussion and the "political expert" was saying we're basically screwed until the right moves away from the religious right and the left steps away from organized labor. As long as both sides are pandering to their special interests, we're fucked.
This sums up the problem for those of us who don't vote strictly according to party lines (and even some of those who do) really well, imo.
Now it seems like Congress is all about in-fighting and winning, not so much about resolving problems and maybe compromising where prudent, for the sake of progress. Too many extremists in office and not enough commitment to the people who elected them, imo.
Our elected officials are supposed to be representing our concerns and our voices. Doesn't feel like it to me, at all.