Less partisanship, more discussion...

Kurt Sorensen, a sophomore at St. John's University, has written a point that has been reiterated by Newt before:

Stop discrimination in the classroom

Some people claim that politics is so mean because of partisanship, but historically this just isn’t true.


During the Lincoln-Douglas debates, the nation was incredibly partisan, but our candidates debated for hours. At the end, the audience demanded more — not less — dialogue between the two.

If our candidates in 2008 can have nine 90-minute discussions with no silly rhetorical questions and no attack commercials, as Newt Gingrich has advised, we will see a dramatic change in the way our country elects a leader.

We could actually have a leader who thinks deeply about the issues rather than one who memorizes lines from his or her consultants.

If the new players of today's political arena, the 18 to 25 year old demographic who supposedly can't relate to today's leaders and vote less as a result, can see the problem with today's political scene, then the American public does as well.

Sorensen is right. The American public should hold presidential candidates to a higher standard. Like Gingrich has continuously articulated, presidential debates without a moderator should be held once a week from Labor Day until November 2nd. This will allow for a real dialog between the candidates and the American public before the leader of the free world is elected.

Posted by Pat McFawn at 8:11 PM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)