: "Jeffords decision was an act of good faith."

To his own good conscience as a human being, for the people of Vermont whom he represents. We accept that just fine.

: "He still serves the people who voted him in;"
: Yes, this is true. These are same people who re-elect Bernie
: Sanders every 2 years. You know, that devout Communist!
: Congressman Bernard Sanders is a self-proclaimed socialist
: and is listed as the chairman of the executive committee of
: the Congressional Progressive Caucus.

I don't know what KIND of socialism you are imagining here. Nothing remotely like the historical ideologies could arise from the current position of Democracy in operation today. You see, the progress we make as a governed body of human beings is ever moving toward a Global sense of place, to include hundreds of cultures and languages, and beyond that, to include all kinds of government in a primarily capitalist arrangement. Just WATCH China evolve. Now they have serious interest in joining the trading company of the major capitalist nations. What do you think will happen to their "socialism?"

Besides, you've got Bernie Sanders all wrong. He is not Communist, and has a voting record for human rights that any person with any respect for the earth and its beings would admire. Me among them. Bernie has worked as an independent for two decades here and in Washington, and he has served to blend differences.

Tell me, why do milking stools have 3 legs?

Now we
: will once again have gridlock in Washington!

Not necessarily. If more politicians learn how to blend ideology and MAKE SOMETHING NEW, instead of clinging to their party like linus to his blanket, than maybe our society will grow up and past our need to DESTROY and CONQUER, as the image above so sadly and painfully recalls. And I am not talking about some bunch of old guys sitting around with 2000 year old plans for a NWO. I'm talking about an evolutionary COMING TO THE SENSES because that is what we need to do IN ORDER TO SURVIVE, PERIOD.