hyper-partisanship
Join Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz in a telephone town hall Tuesday (Sept. 6) at 7:30 p.m. EST to discuss how we can stop the hyper-partisanship plaguing Washington.
Looking at America from here, makes me feel as though we have the worst of all worlds right now. The days when there were liberal Republicans and conservative Democrats, who nudged the two parties together, appear over. We don’t have compulsory voting.
People are angry. Protests across the country can attest to that; with the Occupy Wall Street protests spreading from coast to coast and Tea Party protests over the past few years, Americans are sick of inaction.
The Ford Theater is launching the Lincoln Legacy Project in order to provide “a venue of bipartisanship, a place where we can find common ground,” continues Tetrault. By putting on plays that honor this idea, they hope to spark open conversations.
The Super Committee must be careful not to fall prey to big business influences.
Over the last generation, there has been an increasing level of dissatisfaction with the political process. According to the latest polls, only 22% of the public trusts the government, while Congress has an abysmal 12% approval rating.
This summer, the divisive partisan politics in Washington reached an all-time high. We’ve seen our government truly break down, unable to perform even the most fundamental of its duties.
We are seeing the real effects of gridlock. Financial markets are in a tailspin and the downgrade will likely make it more expensive for ordinary citizens and American businesses to borrow. Thanks to Washington’s hyper-partisanship, we are facing the possibility of a double-dip recession.
Voters are no longer happy with either party; instead, they’re jaded by the political system that listens to the extremes over the voices of reason. According to the latest opinion poll conducted for The Hill, “a majority of voters believe both parties are motivated more by their search for partisan advantage than a desire to enact good policy.”
Jonathan Miller comments on the differences between the era of the Great Compromiser, Henry Clay, and our current political atmosphere.
Minnesota’s government shutdown has left children without zoos to visit, campers without national parks, and 23,000 workers without jobs. Unfortunately, the problems they face are not limited to the state, but apply to the country as a whole. The partisan gridlock that has left Minnesota bleeding $23 million a week is a direct reflection of the increasingly hyper-partisan nature of American politics, according to Minneapolis Star Tribune writer Kevin Diaz.
