Daybreak in D.C.

I actually found Barack Obama's State of the Union speech to be refreshing, as was the Q&A session he held with Republican legislators yesterday. It's nice to have what, at first glance, appears to be a very reasonable and perceptive President of the United States of America.

However I think, to some degree, this feeling of satisfaction may be misplaced.

We're lying to ourselves if we pretend that the spirit welling within any of us is a longing for merely bipartisanship. The real longing is for what we'll call exopartisanship. We must have the courage to walk away from this unnecessary dualistic horse race and begin the process of restoring order to our nation; order based on the public interest rather than the interests of warring factions. Over the years there have been rumblings of so-called third party politics, and these efforts have been largely sidelined by the mechanics of our political system and its deeply entrenched political establishment. This bordered on a crime against society as our politics and therefore our social progress began to stagnate. We've continued to partake of this horribly stale political climate long past its rightful expiration date.

It's time for a new era of politics all around, and the recent Supreme Court decision makes it clear that a new era of politics may already be upon us; like it or not. Let's seize the moment, take the lead on the issue, and wisely use this opportunity to revolutionize political discourse in pursuit of a freer and more open society. Let's do as our forefathers once did and forge a political system fit for the ages.