Someone has to start it.

A group of friends of mine, whom I hope will be posting here shortly, and myself have been having discussions since well before the 2004 elections about the direction of politics in the United States. Some of us would describe ourselves as Democrats and others Republicans but nearly all of us are pragmatists who at least try to look at issues objectively. Sometimes we fail in this endeavor but rarely do our discussions ever turn into the finger pointing and name calling sessions that seem to dominate the "debate" of our elected officials. We are of the hope that not everyone is a "lefty loony" or a member of the "conservative Christian right" as some politicians and most of the mainstream media would have you believe.

So, here is to whatever this turns out to be and hopefully in some way it will be the beginnings of a push for the return of real debate on issues in this country. We will be pointing out those we think are "idiots" or "slimy" on both sides of the aisle, along with the good we find from independents, "third" parties, Republicans and Democrats.