Why do American political options need change?

Originally our nation did not have political parties and George Washington had a noticed disdain for them. Our nation did quickly develop them however. They developed because people of a like mind tend to join together for a common cause that is human nature. Political parties are not bad but they can and have been misused and corrupted over time. Political parties offer organization to ideas and movements, they bring people together to cooperate through strength of actions together when as individuals or small groups it would be difficult.  

With that being said why do America’s political options need to change? The current two major party system only offers restricted versions of liberal and conservative viewpoints. There is nothing wrong with believing in liberal and conservative viewpoints; there are good points to both. The problem is by just focusing on either ideology it closes off your options to pragmatic about issues and finding solutions to them.

Both the Republican and Democratic parties have lost their way, they have both at times abandoned positive principles they claim to hold dear; like increasing economic opportunity for all, equal protection and right under the law, fiscal responsibility, smaller more efficient government. Both the Republican and Democratic parties are two sides of the same coin. They each disagree with each other on almost everything but the one thing they agree on is that they don’t want any other major challengers to their status quo. In almost every election across the nation the Republicans and Democrats usually each have fifty- fifty chance in each one. Centrists tend to support major electoral and campaign reform which will give the power to the American people to whom it belongs and not to special interests.    

  Our current political problems of gridlock will not be changed by just one man or woman, they can inspire change but they will not be able to do it themselves. Our government and its gridlock problems are because of the competing overriding ideology of many, many political leaders in Washington, our state capitols and local governments. From a purely political standpoint, Centrists in government can with enough numbers and support encourage and make Democrats and Republicans and other groups work together.  It will take a movement of Americans getting active, educated and aware. The American Centrist Party is here and will be here in the future to be a tool for Americans to demand and bring about a better government and in turn to help bring America better days. Only by coming together and not closing off our options can we truly make a difference.