Election Underscores Need for Strength in Both Parties

The dust is settling on the outcome of the historic election on Tuesday and the media (and all of us individuals) are sifting through the information to draw conclusions about what it all means.

Certainly, it is confirmation that this is a great country - that any individual, no matter what his or her background, can acheive anything. Anything.

And certainly, it is confirmation that this country is yearning for change. I for one have been dismayed and angered by witnessing 8 years of a President that believed in and executed unilateralism and anti-intellectualism. That's not the leadership that a country with as diverse and intelligent a population as ours deserves.

We deserve a leader who can listen to and process multiple viewpoints and complex data and make the best decisions that have the right end goals in mind. To me, the right goals are always very, very simple: the furthering of prosperity, peace, and human rights.

The election is also confirmation that the GOP is in chaos. As I mentioned, our new leader must listen to and process multiple viewpoints. And the proper functioning of both parties within our 2-party system is an absolute MUST.

It is my distinct hope that the GOP can assess what has happened here, take a step back, and emerge a better party with better leaders and a better ability to put the right goals first:

Here's to the furthering of prosperity, peace, and human rights...and to our great and diverse country where anything is possible.