Prompted by the developments surrounding Katrina, Fred Wilson posted his thoughts on our country and they dovetail nicely with my own.  Of course he says it much better and more concisely than I ever could.  Here’s the most important part:

I hope and believe that we are on the cusp of a new political
order.  We’ve had the liberal excesses of the democrat’s run from the
depression through Vietnam.  We’ve had the conservative excesses of the
republican’s run from Vietman through Iraq.

It’s time we get back to electing people to govern who know
something about leading, operating, and managing.  We need pragmatic
moderates who make the hard decisions without caring about the
political impact. We need civil servants in the mold of George
Washington, Teddy Roosevelt, and Dwight Eisenhower.  We need people who
care about the details of governing rather than the details of getting
elected.

Congress is back up for election next year and alot of governors are on the line as well.  Let’s get started.