American politics have become alarmingly adversarial. Extreme partisanship has deemed any oppositional view as the dangerous "other," making ideology the source of political gridlock. In politics, identifying colleagues as the enemy is unlikely to produce workable solutions. It is also un-American. Our true enemy is not the “other side,” it is ideology: a man-made worldview reducing life to a simple formula.

The Commission on Presidential Debates, the tax-exempt organization responsible for putting on the national presidential debates, has been under intense public scrutiny for excluding third party candidates Gary Johnson and Jill Stein from the debates, and activist groups are now questioning who actually finances them. It seems that presidential debate funding is often convoluted and highly protected.

California's new top-two open primary system has caused several candidates from the same party to face off in general election contests across the state. In the California 10th Assembly District race, two Democrats, Assemblyman Michael Allen and San Rafael City Councilmember Marc Levine, are running head-to-head in the general election.

While Obama and Romney are preparing for a debate in which they won't let the former New Mexico Governor participate, the Libertarian Presidential Candidate Gary Johnson was holding an "online town hall" in Utah for anyone who wanted to participate; li