Dear Mr. President,
Like most Americans, I had high hopes for a lot of change. Among my highest hopes was that you would change the toxic political culture in Washington. You have been the statesman I expected you to be, and tried valiantly to be bipartisan and to compromise. However, your efforts have been met mostly with vitriol and partisanship. It is clear that most Republicans and their leadership have one goal and only one goal-to see that you are a one-term President, period. And they are willing to go to any lengths-including threatening to purposely default on our sovereign debt and further damage our still fragile economy. They even refused to fund the FAA and put 70,000 people out of work. All because they care more about their personal political interests than the national interest. Their insane strategy to sacrifice the wellbeing of the people they claim to represent, not to mention our country’s reputation, simply to reclaim political power, is unconscionable and unacceptable, and they must be stopped.