Were Hannibal Hamlin alive today, he would be delighted that his efforts at achieving liberty for all has led to a time when Americans could vote for a president not based on color, but based on capability, character and intellect. But he would be disappointed in the abandonment by his party (in title) of its initial values.

Republican candidates who appeal to prejudice and are recently calling some parts of America the “real America,” and parts that disagree with them “un-American,” are not only playing to their party base, they are playing to what is base.

At the end of the day, I do not care how many Democrats or Republicans are in office. What I do care about is whether our leader is truly serving THE PEOPLE or only his/her own pockets. Is our leader in tune with the concerns and needs of the man on the street - or only issues concerning private interests? Is this leader uniting or dividing the country? Milking or contributing to it? Building and preserving it -- or bringing it all down?

We had a choice between Democrats who couldn't learn from the past and Republicans who couldn't stop living in it...

It's been the same story ever since I can remember, ever since Wilson – the Republicans don't do a thing for the little man.

Republicans are against abortion until their daughters need one, Democrats are for abortion until their daughter wants one