That would be the Eisenhowers of old, the Rockerfellers, those that could see forests and trees; who understood that Democrats weren't out destroy the country, but are patriots who love their country and fellow citizens, and that Social Security and infrastructure spending weren't bad things, but necessary expenditures in a free and effective democracy; those that believed that cooperation was how things were done and that compromises on details were not failures. The ACA was a compromise, a HUGE, compromise by the Democrats, yet the GOP derides it in terms that defy reality, or any sense of proportion. About 10% of the most rabid of the rabid are holding 90% of the country hostage. It has to stop. One way to end it is for there to be a coalition of the middle. No Labels is one such effort, although, frankly, they are too conservative for me. Doug tried to start a similar project. The Majority is far too silent. But, too many are too thin-skinned, too.

A well reasoned argument is like a diamond: impervious to corruption and crystal clear - and infinitely rarer.

Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich