Confronting the Politics of Gridlock

It¹s time. For the last six years the most strident and loudest voices have driven our culture and politics. The result has been the marketing of “divide and conquer” politics and a distortion of our Founding Values. It’s time to begin the task of “rebalancing” the Nation’s priorities through political compromise and the reinvigoration of an engaged public. It¹s time to demand that the loudest voices sit down.

It’s time for Americans to stand up and demand leadership from those who hold the public trust - our political representatives.

• Return to the real Contract with America - the Constitution.
• Read the Preamble and understand the co-equal importance of its objectives.
• Take personal responsibility for the actions of your government.
(Vote, attend a town meeting, participate in public policy decisions impacting your life.)
• Demand transparency in the actions of those who you have placed in positions of the public trust - our political representatives. Be insulted by mass media¹s presentation of our politics via “political theater” absent objective investigative reporting.
• Think critically - be wary of those who divide us rather than bring us together.
• Applaud our rich diversity as a people ‹ be tolerant.
• Demand political compromise through the balancing process established by the Founders.