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[quote=Anonymous]Agreed completely.  Partisan bickering is out of control.  Personally, I think the root of THAT problem is the jerrymandering done by both parties.  I forget where I read it but approximately 25% of the seats in the House are ever really up for grabs.  That means about 75% are solid Dem/Rep.  So the biggest challenge for most of the House comes from within the ranks of their own party and feeds into the extreme partisan bickering that is seen from most candidates.  Right now, I think its worse from Republicans because they have been in a position of weakness for a while.  But both parties are to blame.

Personally, I would love to see fiscally conservative, socially progressive candidates at all levels of government, in every branch.  But it drives me nuts to see a guy like Rick Santorum pushed front-and-center in the last presidential election.  Between his homophobia and "I wouldn't cut $1 from defense" statements, all he succeeded in doing was drive Mitt Romney to a fake position farther to the right.

But both parties want big government.  They just pick different talking points to get elected.  There is no significant difference between any of the candidates with regard to fiscal conservatism.  At least I haven't seen any.  I mean, candidates will pick and choose little nuggets over which they will squabble.  But "welfare mothers" are not bankrupting this country.  Super PACs, lobbyists, and cronyism are a much bigger problem.  But you won't hear any candidates- especially in the House- talk about tackling those issues.  Not when they are in a perpetual election cycle with attacks from within their own party.

Bi-partisianship = weakness.[/quote]

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