Politics follows the lines of physics: every action creates an equal and opposite reaction.

When people tap into this politics of resentment, it usually ends ugly.

Right now, politics follows the rules of talk radio - using conflict, tension, fear, and resentment to find new recruits.

The two parties are still more polarized than ever before and the rise of partisan media is an important reason for it.

I'm an independent. I'm a centrist. A new generation is arriving that has grown up with a multiplicity of choice in every aspect of their lives, and yet politics is the last place that they are told that they should be satisfied with a choice between brand A and brand B. It doesn't fit the way they think. It doesn't fit the way they live.

But in his Farewell Address, George Washington made it clear that he perceived no greater threat to the American experiment than a partisan demagogue who 'agitates the community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms, kindles the animosity of one part against the other'

First, I think more Americans need to declare their independence from partisan politics on both sides. The more that Americans declare their independence, the more the parties will have to compete for their votes using reason rather than the hateful appeals.