The American People Are Smart. They've Gotten

I'm An Independent. I'm A Centrist. A New Generation Is Arriving That Has Grown Up With A Multiplicity Of Choice In Every Aspect Of Their Lives, And Yet Politics Is The Last Place That They Are Told That They Should Be Satisfied With A Choice Between Brand A And Brand B. It Doesn't Fit The Way They Think. It Doesn't Fit The Way They Live.

It's Important To Remember That Bush Derangement Syndrome On The Left - Comparing Him To Hitler, Calling Him A Terrorist And A Tyrant - Preceded Obama Derangement Syndrome On The Right.

I Believe That The Far-right And The Far-left Can Be Equally Insane - But There's No Question That In The First Years Of The Obama Administration, The Far-right Has Been Far Crazier. In Part, This Comes From Parties Being Out Of Power - Without The Responsibility Of Governing To Ground Them, The Activists And The Ideologues Take Over.

Terrorism Is Always One Bad Day Away From Being Issue No. 1.

By Pumping Up Hyper-partisanship, Our Country (america) Is Playing With Forces That Can Easily Get Out Of Control. We Are Giving Purpose And Cover - And Sometimes A Sense Of Purpose - To The Crazy Among Us. We Are Encouraging A Culture Of Extremism