Requirement: Negotiators, not Fighters in our Government

The President’s request that Congress treat each other more like brothers in arms misses the root cause of the divisiveness within that governing body: The electorate (aka: You and Me).  We’re the source of the division.  But why? Because we elect firebrands that “fight for us” in Washington.  How do you expect these people to find common ground when they are expected to “fight for what is right”?  I propose that we challenge the candidates to improve their rhetoric on the campaign trail and say “I’ll be a better negotiator for you than the other guy and get more done for you!” We need a national voice around the effectiveness of the Power of Persuasion within our representative democracy and against the simple-minded, short-sighted rhetoric that suckers too many of us into sending incompetent and calcified representatives to execute the challenges of governing a complex society and economy.