I disagree with David Broder (”Why voting for the person, not the party, may need rethinking,” Jan. 9). He is right in stating that party poli-tics became extremely polarized in recent years. But his examples only demonstrate that politicians put the interest of their party ahead of the interest of the people, in spite of their oath of office. That is the problem.
Broder says don`t rock the boat; for sake of expediency let us put the judicial, legislative and executive in the hands of the same party, so that decisions can be made in the back rooms of party headquarters by individuals who have been appointed because they are faithful, card-carrying party members.
I disagree. Let there be fireworks in the assembly. Let all the world see the corrupt morality of our politicians. Perhaps then there will be a backlash that will lead to ethics of cooperation between the parties in the interest of the common good.
