US Congress Lack of Accountability In Presidential Elections

It's pretty amazing that neither candidates, party officials, the media or the electorate are very vocal about the US Congress' responsibility for little action on lots of issues in our country. Both candidates rant and rave about how bad things are and what hasn't been done. The reality is that Congress has a huge role in helping to make things happen or in finding ways to obstruct. Presidents can lead or try to lead but whoever they are, they need willing partners in the governing process.

I think one of the biggest problems that our country faces, is that whoever wins this election, the healing, the negotiation, the compromise is going to continue to be missing. That will cause more of the same gridlock that we have all become so use to and so frustrated with.

Representative government does have its downside. There are finite numbers of Senators and House Members. These folks can work at getting along or as we have all seen, they can shut everything down both literally and figuratively. In that process, they do us all a disservice. They, the current Members of Congress, are more responsible for the current political environment then anyone else.

Frankly I'm surprised that more people aren't calling them out, including the candidates, party leadership and us, the voters.

I recently edited this entry to include this link to a long but good article that speaks to the issue above How Washington Blew Its Chance To Fix Immigration