If we all talked openly about what we really want from our politicians I think we would find a lot in common. I also think we would find that none of us truly likes the choices we are given. U.S. politics is overrun with business people and lawyers. Neither one of which is particularly adept at problem solving. Career politicians are worse, they make their living off knowing how to kiss ass and beg for money. Also worthless at problem solving. In this modern era of challenging scientific and technical information it is kind of important to have people with training in these issues representing us, or at least willing build a basic understanding before handing down decisions. What we have now are representatives considering privacy issues with Facebook that have no idea how the internet works. Lawyers arguing about environmental policy that don’t know earth history well enough to understand how coal ever came to exist or why understanding that woul...