The Coming Together of Americans

It is not just democrats that are active. Who has become active and engaged in our political process?

• Independents like myself that generally stay quiet and on the sidelines.
• Americans of all parties that are disturbed by the clear and overt assault on our constitution.
• Americans that are disturbed at the inflammatory rhetoric aimed at our Media and our Judicial branch.
• Americans that typically do not vote.
• Even a smattering of conservatives that are alarmed by what has happened and is disgusted with how the Republican party has not been looking out for their best interests (which was a reason for the rise of Trump within the Republican party, exploitative and disingenuous as it was)

I am an independent that for the past 4 elections does not feel like I have a choice when I vote. The republican party has become a party that has become obstructionist and run by billionaires like the Koch brothers and folks like Sheldon Adelson. Republicans now find themselves in full control of the Federal Government and are struggling to govern. 

BUT, both democrats and republicans are controlled by the interests of wall street and special interest lobbyists. We are going through an awakening where "we the people" acutely realize this and are no longer going to accept the status quo. It has taken someone like Trump and Bannon to take over our executive branch to make us understand what truly is at stake.

If democrats think the tides will turn back to them and their business as usual they too should think again.

As we unite across the country "we the people" need to focus on the things we can all agree upon. I think the majority of Americans are aligned on these general themes:

• Good paying jobs that promote a strong middle class
• Affordable healthcare for all Americans
• Continuing our social safety net for our elderly that continues to be largely funded by "we the people"
• Being a leader on the world stage through diplomacy, not through war
• Energy independence
• Being good stewards of our earth
• Maintaing states rights
• Keeping government out of our private lives
• Fiscal responsibility by our federal government

To the extent that our elected leaders can deal with these issues I do not think it will matter to most Americans what party runs the government. It should be the goal of all parties governing to work in the best interests of "we the people"