Front View:
A vote against political polarity
When voters ousted nearly every

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incumbent they could Tuesday, changing the face of national politics almost completely, they didn't cast their votes for the Democratic party, per se.

They voted against polarized government.

No matter how far the two major political parties in our country move from one another, the majority of people in our country favor a government that is close to the center, be it on the conservative or liberal side.

Voters believe, and we agree with them, that politics ought to be about working on and solving the issues that face Americans. And most people believe that is only achieved when the political parties do not polarize themselves to one side of the political fence or the other.

With total control of the Senate, the House of Representatives and the White House, Republicans became more and more arrogant and standoffish. Ultimately, they did things the way they wanted to without regard for their Democratic colleagues or the people for whom they serve.

A two-year-old that frequents our office sings, "What's going to work? Team work!" That simple message is as true in politics as it is in anything.

Democracy provides an environment for free thinking and healthy debate among lawmakers. Thinking and debating constructively should not end when one party has enough power that it believes it can ignore the other and, worse, the will of people. But, that's exactly what happened.

Voters sent a message: they aren't happy with the way the country is heading. Let's hope lawmakers are smart enough to realize that neither party can solve that problem. Both can.