Letters to the Editor

Time to hit refresh button?

Re: "Road trip buddies still pitching bipartisanship — Parties wince, but O'Rourke, Hurd benefit from alliance," Thursday news story.

The biggest obstacle to getting work done seems to be whether or not you have an R or a D after your name. Will Hurd and Beto O'Rourke are keeping a cordial relationship despite being from opposite parties. They both say that bipartisan work is more common than most people think, however, we, the people, seem to think that it is non-existent. 

To win your party nomination it seems each candidate must pander to the very far right or left. We, the people, are mainly in the middle. I had the opportunity to attend a meeting with a mixture of Republicans and Democrats. The host asked us to rank our most important issues for the election. The majority of the group chose the same issues. The conversation lightly tapped on the issue of leaving our parties aside and working on good governance. 

Is the idea of party affiliation our biggest enemy? Is it time to push the refresh button? My Republican friends say Donald Trump does not represent them. My Democrat friends says Nancy Pelosi does not represent them. I hope that a bipartisan movement prevails for the sake of our Democracy. Beto 2018.

Chanda Parbhoo, Dallas