Cheney on Murtha

Isn't it nice that Dick Cheney thinks so highly of John Murtha. I was so afraid that Dick would have said he was a coward. My how the rhetoric has diminished in the last few days after the performance in the House last week. Perhaps some of our elected officials, on both sides of the aisle, have gotten the word from their constituents that we have just about had enough from these folks. The partisan flavor in our government is ear shattering. There seems to be no room left for the middle ground. Yet it is still a country that is inhabited by middle ground people. Most of us are centrist in our beliefs, that is to say we may feel strongly liberal on a issue and conservative on another yet we are willing to try to find the common areas and reach a consensus. We have many important issues to be resolved in the future and it would be nice if we could be nice. I know that sounds corny but the sentiment is a good one. Americans need to come to grips with the problems we are facing without wasting our time defending ourselves from verbal attacks by the other side of the question. For whatever reason, Dick Cheney is at least trying to engage in civil discourse. At least for the moment anyway.