Advice to both political parties

By NED SEATONNow that the election is over, I’d like to offer some friendly independent advice to both political parties.Basically, people are sick of both of you, and you’d be wise to remember that first and foremost.Let’s start with the Democrats. You were the big winners; congratulations and all that. Quite a comeback story, considering the shellacking you got two years ago. My Dem friends, I’m happy for you, and glad that you can provide a check on some of the impulses of the current president.You won because you aren’t Donald Trump. Simple as that. The current president is extremely unpopular, and so mostly what you had to do was point at his Dumpster fire and say, “If you don’t want that, vote for us.” You did that, and it worked.But now that you’re in office, that’s not enough anymore. Now you have to decide what to do. What agenda are you going to pursue?

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