Politicians need to get to work

For some time now, especially since the recent budget ceiling debacle, I've been listening intently to the political rhetoric of both major parties. And what I am seeing and hearing concerns me greatly.

My focus is not on which party or politician is pitching the right policy for this or that. Regardless of the subject, the issues are so complex that no single party or person could possibly have all the answers. The solutions to the economy, jobs, medical care, war, poverty and the like require everyone to work together as a team of Americans, sharing their various viewpoints, respectfully dis...