[More Cowbell]

Like I've said before, strictly partisan politics will not get anything done.

it has to be done together. Not just a one sided Republican or Democrat effort.

I'm not taking a side in this thread's "hero or not" debate, but I had to respond here. Beetle is exactly right with these two statements.

Partisan politics is one of our country's biggest problems. Our lawmakers and excutive officeholders too often go right in lock-step with each of their party's platforms. You'll have a vote on an issue, and nearly everyone from one party votes one way, and most of the other side votes the other way. Lawmakers are too afraid to "cross the aisle", so to speak, for fear of alienating their party leadership.

This can be very dangerous when one party has total control over the Presidency as well as both houses of Congress. No party, be it Dem or GOP, should ever have free reign to push their entire agenda onto the American public. We will always be better off if the two parties are required to work together and compromise in order to get legislation passed.

Yes, I know this bogs things down and keeps laws from being passed sooner. And then people complain that "our government won't do anything". But I would rather see our government do nothing than to have either party enjoy unchecked power to do as they please. I hope that whatever the election results this November, that the party that loses the presidency at least keeps control of one house of Congress.