Certainly a Step in the Right Direction

With just a week to go now before national midterm elections in the United States, former Representative Barney Frank (D-Massachusetts) has penned a piece for the UK’s Guardian newspaper in which he makes the case that the best way to fix America’s recently dysfunctional Congress is to vote obstructionist Republicans out of office. “As long as the Republican Party is dominated by leaders of extreme ideological rigidity, and they escape the blame that they deserve,” Frank argues, “the dysfunctional situation in Congress will continue.” I can’t disagree.