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People seem to look at politics and wonder why they just don't come to a consensus and do something that matters.
The reason, of course, is that politics is what happens when that doesn't work. Moreover, politics is the way we do business here. In my mind, if you try to get rid of the politics, you wind up with an authoritarian scheme of some kind. It might be a benevolent despotism or oligarchy, but it wouldn't be a democracy.
I'll make one qualification. Participants in the political process must enter with honest intentions and respect for the process. The process is competitive by design. Each side makes the best case they can for their policy, hopefully persuading some of their colleagues, and then a vote is taken, with the defeated minority respecting the majority's decision. Political parties and elaborate issues complicate the process, but the idea is still intact.
The thing that frustrates me is that the political process has become too focused on power, campaigning, and fundraising. We elect these people to govern the country, not cover their own asses. It's an unfortunate situation, and hopefully a visionary legislator will fix it some day.
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