How a Moderate Political Party Can Change the Political Process

Read the news for only a short time, and you’ll notice that the word “quagmire” is often used to describe the situation in Washington, DC. There are perhaps many reasons why--not least of which is the staggering complexity of many of the issues that we rely on our elected officials to resolve. But there is another glaring reason why Washington politics is so tenuous, challenging, and ineffective: the irreconcilable division between Republicans and Democrats, whose hostility for each other brings the system to a grinding halt.

This situation is not acceptable. The stakes could not be higher, and the sad truth is that the leadership in Washington simply will not acknowledge that there are valid, workable points to each side’s perspective. If you agree with what you are reading here, you may want to consider joining us at Staunch Moderates. We believe that a moderate political party is necessary to end the hysterical feud between the two major parties so that elected officials can actually reach a consensus and pass meaningful legislation.

Currently, you can predict that any given vote in the House and Senate will go along party lines. For many of us, this is a frustrating state of affairs: shouldn’t we work together, as Americans, and not against each other, as Democrats or Republicans? No thoughtful American can seriously subscribe to the commonly repeated viewpoint that, whatever side you’re on, the other side is a pack of morons. Neither ideology developed purely out of ignorance and bad faith. It is crucial that we have a better understanding of each other, like we do in our moderate political party, and of the issues so that we can reach an agreement.

In a time of malicious division, it takes a moderate political party to keep the dialogue going and the political system running. We all depend on the continued success of our country, and to keep it on the right course, we will have to cooperate.