Monday, October 06, 2008

The Problem with Politics

I just read a very interesting article in the NY Times about Congressman Tom Davis and his reason for leaving congress. The article does a great job highlighting the problem with our current system; A system that drives out pragmatic problem solvers and replaces them with power hungry ideologues. No wonder the country is headed in the wrong direction.

2 comments:

DAKOTARANGER said...

Remind me to give you my take on this next time we talk.

DAKOTARANGER said...

Then the guy that says he can bring people together doesn't even try.

“I don’t think me calling House Republican members would have been that helpful, I tend not to be that persuasive on that side of the aisle.”

-- -- Sen. Barack Obama, quoted by ABC News, on pushing for the bank rescue package..