Leid Stories - Party Planning - 01/14/13

Now is the time. Americans are fed up with a political system that has run out of just about everything -- integrity, credibility, accountability, even good ideas. Republicans, chastened by defeat, are attempting a makeover; their brand has lost its luster. Democrats, too, realize they've lost ground; they'll be facing off in future contests against a recalibrated GOP. Trouble is, there's little sign of activity in the other-political-party world, even though the time is right. If they don't get to work soon, visibly organizing their political bases, agendas and strategies, then they deserve to be dismissed as irrelevant.