No need for extended time in the other Washington to comprehend that there is no hand on the tiller of our ship of state. Anyone if truly interested can see our floundering ship of state from this distant shore.  That there is no hand on the tiller is no longer my concern for my concern has escalated to fear. Our ship of state as presently crewed lacks competent damage control parties is what I fear not to mention its crew in general . The more our ship of state flouders the more holes seem to appear in its hull. With crewmembers jumping ship at an increasing rate one can only hope at this point that our ship of state reaches the shallows on its own accord, before she surrenders to the sea of reality due to crew incompetence.

Our founding fathers are said to have constructed a strong union. Well we are witnessing a testing of that strength as never before.  One can only hope the bulkheads hold!