Sunday Musings 6/19/16. Lack of Compromise is Foundation for Country "not moving in the right direction"

There is good reason 80% of the U.S. population feels the country is going in the wrong direction.  If you are a Democrat, the Republicans don't allow any progress on any problems and are actively making progress against policies that Democrats support.  If you are a Republican, the Democrats don't allow you to implement what you really want to implement and policies that the Democrats support, and you oppose, are moving in the Democratic direction.  So the partisan political thought of winner needs to take all is dominating thoughts.  The real issue is the partisan divide.  No one likes it, but no one sees a clear path to resolving it because resolution will require some one to lose.  And no one wants to lose.  So without compromise being possible, we are at a loggerheads, and we are not moving in a proper direction.  If compromise were possible, I would at least say we are not moving in the wrong direction because we are addressing problems.