http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/politics/la-na-outlook10sep10,1,2732188.column?coll=la-news-politics-national

Last week the La times had an article about the public's cry against political parties. Eversince the lats 1800s there has been a trend where politicians vote according to their party. Many Congress members running for re-election have been claiming more of an independent approach. This way appealing to what the public wants. Many of these have been of the Republican party, mainly to separate themselves from President Bush. Cannidates want to bridge the party gap in hope for more cooperation.

I think that this is great for our political process because it seems that a majority of problems that arrise dealing with congress tend to be with political party identification. The fact that politicians are responding to the public's outcry is hopeful in the sence that maybe we do still have more of a say in what is going on in Washington. Most poeple (especially my age) do not opt to vote because they feel that the politicians are not listening to them. This proves that they are at least listening somewhat. Besides, poeple do not always vote with the parties they are most affiliated with.(at least they shouldn't)This will also make people become more acitve in the political process since they won't be able to say, "Well I am Republican, so I will automatically vote for the Republican canidate" or cause.