Obama has been perhaps the most PARTISAN President SINCE Truman. He hasn't learned to be civil - note his insulting SPEECH to Paul Ryan, who did us the courtesy of scoring a budget. The president has to talk to REPUBLICANS when it comes to the debt ceiling. He has reached the debt ceiling before anyone expected.

My job is to make the case that I'll do the BEST job possible representing the people of Georgia's SIXTH District, and what they WANT is REPRESENTATION that's focused on them and not this national PARTISAN political circus.

The abuse of congressional power for PURE PARTISAN GAIN has become a specialty of the GOP.

Congress SUFFERS a great deal of criticism for its partisan acrimony. But while we may DISAGREE POLITICALLY, and air our opposition in this chamber, it is the conversation behind the SCENES that cements and DEFINES our relationships.

Partisan rancour and party politics and ideology have GOT in the way of compromise - and compromise is the only THING that has EVER MADE politics successful.

Too OFTEN, we see wedge POLITICS and petty rhetoric used to belittle adversaries and inflame PARTISAN divisions.

Corporate share prices should not be driven by political tax GAMES. PROFITS, not WASHINGTON shenanigans, should be the MOTHER's milk of stocks. And this shouldn't be a partisan political issue.

For all the manufactured 'Republican versus DEMOCRAT' drama that dominates today's CABLE NEWS and political rhetoric, the most striking feature of our present-day democracy is not partisan divide - it's a corrupt system that protects incumbents from the CONSEQUENCES that real democracy brings.