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What Might Be Good For Ratings Can Be Bad For The Country. The Hard-core Partisans Are Self-segregating Themselves Into Separate Political Realities. But The Majority Of Americans Are Starting To Wake Up To The Game.

One Tell-tale Sign Of A Wingnut: They Always Confuse Partisanship With Patriotism.

I'm An Independent. I'm A Centrist. A New Generation Is Arriving That Has Grown Up With A Multiplicity Of Choice In Every Aspect Of Their Lives, And Yet Politics Is The Last Place That They Are Told That They Should Be Satisfied With A Choice Between Brand A And Brand B. It Doesn't Fit The Way They Think. It Doesn't Fit The Way They Live.

We Need To Punch Back Against The Extremes Of Both The Left And The Right And Define The Terms Of The Debate Ourselves.

We Cannot Hope To Change Human Nature. There Will Always Be Cranks And Conspiracy Theorists Among Us. But We Can Try To Improve Things - We Don't Have To Accept The Debasement Of Civil Discourse Or Civic Decline. We Can Take Steps To Ensure That The Lunatic Fringe Remains On The Fringe And Stops Bleeding Into The Base And Then Poisoning The Mainstream