Nunes to exit government work

I like that within the national party, Republicans have been conducting a bloodless civil war casting aside the evangelist establishment neo-con hawks, who for too long represented religious extremism in the party.  You might not like the newcomers, but few are there riding their parents' pasts. Fresh names are good; they bring excitement and by withholding votes, change. No need to drop your wife, daughter or son on us to publicly serve their country.

When forced to listen, and think ahead to election and facing voters, they represent all the people better, I think.

The Democrats are nowhere near beginning this process. Stuck on identity politics that have become losing propositions overall now, nationally the Dems are alienating more potential voters than gaining allies through poorly targeted attempted outreach dollars.

Blind or ignorant, they lash back if you attempt to dare educate them on the reality of other peoples, other places.  Education is a top-down, safe-space place now in too many public universities, where the taxpayer and student dollars serve the tenured elite, who too often refuse to entertain questions about the value of their contemporary scholarship and accountability to American society, as well as international standards, for their work.

Natural attrition had claimed many older politicians, but many grandstanding grandparents still persist in Washington, drinking at the trough. All about the children, naturally.

Today we learned Devin Nunes is walking away from representing Cali in Washington, choosing to work in media comm for Donald Trump. If the past is indicative, he'll have greater opportunity in his new role to bring about needed change in America than as a representative.