Centrists? You actually think we need more centrists? Seems to me that the centrist crowd (usually center/right) has been in control for most of the past 30+ years. We have a centrist President, and a largely centrist congress in both houses, and yet our problems remain and multiply.
What we need, if we’re going to stay with the pathetic 2 party model, are 2 parties that are FAR apart on nearly all issues. We need candidates who stand for something other than bipartisanship for its own sake. And we need candidates who, once elected, will stand and fight for something other than the “endless campaign,” described perfectly by libtree09.

Centrist Republicans, Centrist Democrats, and Centrist Independents are all welcome. But Flamers, ranters and ravers, script bots, and clandestine political operatives are not!

We believe that Americans, particularly my own extremely disaffected Baby Boom generation, aged 46-63 in 2009, are moving fast towards the Center, no matter our party affiliation or lack thereof. If you’re interested in what Boomers are thinking right now, please take a look at my popular new series, Baby Boomers-The Angriest Generation. Here’s the latest Index http://wp.me/pxD3J-2a

And if you’re at Linked In, please consider joining the new Centrists Group. I think we’re going to become a source of important information in the months and years ahead. Contact me there for an invitation.

Thank you.

Ellen Brandt, Ph.D.

Stop campaigning

Boy, this hits the nail on the head. We have a bunch of career politicians, who endlessly calculate to preserve their seats, and inevitably betray their constituents in order to keep the corporate donations rolling in to buy another few years — to start the whole process over again.

No wonder nothing gets done.

Stop campaigning, hire advisers who know how to govern and get on with the people’s business. Ever since Clinton we have been in an endless campaign calculating every move based on focus groups, think tanks, lobbyists and special interests groups that range from Catholic Bishops to Big Business to One World Government conspiracy nut bags.

We never do the right things for the right reasons, we don’t solve problems but do everything to delay enough to get to the next election. Everything has to do with money, squeezing each demographic for the next run.

It is sickening because people die while our leaders diddle and fiddle. Sharpen the pitchforks, folks, both parties are about to see a war from the inside.

Why should anyone care if Thune or Palin are running for President? Why must the media consult political (as in Campaign Operatives) think about policy? They are not in the policy business, they are in the manipulation business.

This country is in a big mess and if any of our current crop of leaders would just take their heads out of their collective asses and look at something other than their egos might notice.

Guess what happens next? For there efforts the insurance companies reduce the benefits paid to the disabled person equal to the amount they receive from the Social Security. Why should insurance companies be subsidized like this for billions of dollars from a public fund? Help me to understand why this is an acceptable practice?
Second. What ever happened to all the campaign chatter regarding us all deserving the same coverage that Congress gets? Rebublicans, is that a public plan or government run health care. Explain?
So far it seems that really was just election year lies and chatter. Just fodder to satisfy all those yelling and screaming at the town meetings about how great private insurance is. Those individuals have either never been sick or know of no one that ever has been. Because if they did, they see the things I see and hear about as a health care worker, patient and caregiver of a disabled relative. When is reality going to prevail over the insane, mindless greed that we call American health care.

Ever ask yourself what the percentage of health care professional are in it for the money or are there to actually help someone?

Take the profit out of health care issues
and practice preventive medicine and you’ll get dedicated individuals, that really care, entering into health care and cures will be found faster than the dollars flowing into congress right now that prevent it!

P.S.(I wish it was a real debate) and not an issue about which insurance lobby prevails over our personal health care issues.