ADVERTISEMENTOver the last decade, partisanship has mutated from bitter bickering and point scoring into the dangerous polarization of the U.S. Bitter partisanship and obstructionism has marked the last eight years of President Obama's term in office. Sadly, unless we drive real social change and compromise, the next occupant of the White House, like the current one, will have to continue consoling the nation following senseless mass casualty events. Our elected leaders need a new Grand Bargain as urgently as our country needs a new social compact. We the people cannot personify in the president all of the hopes, challenges and aspirations of a fractured nation.

Source: Huffington Post August 03, 2016 21:56 UTC