Once you don't vote your ideals... that has serious undermining affects. It erodes the moral basis of our democracy.
Power has to be insecure to be responsive.
President Reagan was elected on the promise of getting government off the backs of the people and now he demands that government wrap itself around the waists of the people.
I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.
The 'democracy gap' in our politics and elections spells a deep sense of powerlessness by people who drop out, do not vote, or listlessly vote for the 'least worst' every four years and then wonder why after every cycle the 'least worst' gets worse.
I once said to my father, when I was a boy, 'Dad we need a third political party.' He said to me, 'I'll settle for a second.'
