Sure, the media is slanted toward the left, everyone knows that. Some outlets more than others, except for Fox News (for exact stats of left vs. right reporting see the Pew Research Center study). But, the polls are the polls. You can spin the results of a poll, but hard, cold numbers speak for themselves.
The American people look at the behemoth that is our Federal Government and they are not pleased. They don't like the way this latest "game" is being played out. The only winners that could come from this mess are the politicians themselves, not the American people. We are the losers in this blockage, and we'll be burdened with the outcome.
Gratefully, the people are speaking up, according to the polls. They don't like the squabbling that has become mainstay in Washington. They want harmony rather than discourse, and they want the government to work FOR them rather than AGAINST them. This shutdown is really an indication of what Washington does best: look after its own.
Right now we have a bunch of career politicians who know they've got it made. Regardless of what they do, they'll leave office as millionaires. They'll leave office with their padded accounts and promises of sinecures at corporations that financed their elections. They'll be on Easy Street while relegating us, the people they've sworn to serve, to Skid Row.
So, what can we do? We can vote. We can inspect our elected officials not just vote party lines. We can vote for candidates that support term limits. We can vote for candidates that promise to never utter the phrase, "I will not negotiate." We can vote for candidates that want to work with the other side, who don't use rhetoric, who want to reform bloated programs. We can insist on this because that is in our power, the power of an election and an ousting of that which does not comply.
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