San Diego, Calif.- Ohio Gov. John Kasich might be changing his tune when it comes to running for president as a third-party candidate.

Last March in Los Angeles at the "New Way California" event, I asked Kasich if he would consider a third-party run for president, he denied having interest.

Then this week on ABC's "The View," Kasich noted, “I think, for the first time, there is a legitimate chance for a third-party candidate."

San Diego, Calif.- According to a recent NPR poll, nearly 80 percent of voters are concerned that the negative tone and lack of civility in Washington will lead to violence or acts of terror.

That toxic tone has become commonplace in contentious races for many years. But there are representatives, and candidates, who have stuck to a more civil approach to politics.

Many political commentators today are perplexed by what seems to be the increasing polarization of the two party system in America, and the rising tensions that have accompanied a rhetorical arms race of inflammatory cross fire.

It is my contention that the Republican and Democratic Parties are not in fact drifting further apart than ever before, but over recent decades have actually become more and more like each other, and that today they are nearly indistinguishable from each other in terms of the substantive policy results each delivers when in power.

San Diego, Calif.- Oprah Winfrey is a registered independent, wait... what?

The cultural icon said she has "earned the right to think for myself and to vote for myself."

At a rally in Marietta, Georgia for gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, Oprah emphasized the importance of getting out to vote over any partisan or policy message.

Independents across the country let out a collective, hell yes!

As we enter the last few days of the 2018 midterm elections, I am again wondering when will we, the American citizens, say “ENOUGH.”I say ENOUGH of:
  • Manufactured outrage
  • Hypocrisy and lies
  • Dishonesty, misleading statements, and ethical lapses
  • Cherry-picked facts to support what we want to believe, including dogma instead of science and facts
  • Demonizing each other
  • Fear-mongering
  • Hyperbole and false equivalency
  • Unwillingness to listen to other’s opinions and experience
  • Terrorism

And

In an interview Friday, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz's independent challenger, Tim Canova, told me he's ready for a legal battle over the election results next week, especially given the history of underhanded electioneering tactics the congresswoman was at the center of at the DNC, and in the 2016 congressional primary against Canova.

Many political commentators today are perplexed by what seems to be the increasing polarization of the two party system in America, and the rising tensions that have accompanied a rhetorical arms race of inflammatory cross fire.

It is my contention that the Republican and Democratic Parties are not in fact drifting further apart than ever before, but over recent decades have actually become more and more like each other, and that today they are nearly indistinguishable from each other in terms of the substantive policy results each delivers when in power.