> Like Warren I am an independent

Thank goodness Warren.  You are the future of our species.. .  This 2 party system has failed us. .   .    because it's comprised of us, lol.

> you cannot blame most of the Dems in this state

You're not trying hard enough sir.

> [GFNC55 says] partisan attacks. They have all failed! There are no winners, only losers.

You are 99.99% incorrect my friend!! - a very few people *are* making so much freakin' $$ off this clown car it's not even funny.  People want to blame this or that on "the downfall of the U.S.A." ; missing/single parents, tv, guns, public education, public health-care, social safety nets, the internet, Christianity[or lack thereof, or some other religion], but it appears time & again that our "political 'leaders' " who collect our taxes, feed our innate fears, send our children to wars (most politicians have NOT served), and direct our futures to preserve *their* re-election, these folks (lawyers, lets just call them),  i've reached m