No party is better suited for the White House now, or ever. We do not need political parties in government. What we do need are people. We need good people dedicated to the service of this country, the prosperity of all, and the continuance of the "Great Experiment".
When the Founding Fathers began putting together the framework of Democracy, they had no plan to follow. The concept of a Republic was very strange and unusual at the time. Most of the civilized countries of the world were governed by some type of monarchy or oligarchy. There had been no Republic since the fall of Rome. To even consider a country of the people, by the people and for the people was laughable. Very few thought it would succeed for very long, and, thus, it was called the "Great Experiment".
The Founding Fathers sought to unite a country of many individuals into one, unified power strong enough to weather any storm. In ancient times, Aesop taught how one twig alone was easily broken, but many twigs banded together was impossible to break. The Founding Fathers recognized this source of strength when they devised the motto of the United States from the Latin, "E Pluribus Unum", which essentially means, "Out of many, One". The Founding Fathers also recognized the divisive and destructive power of political parties and advised against them. Just as they sought to unite a fledgling country, political affiliation threatened to tear it apart.
Nowhere in any American historical document is there any provision for outlining, defining and establishing political parties. They just happened. As Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton debated how best to set up a new, democratic government, people took sides and "affiliated" themselves. Those who sided with Hamilton became known as the "Federalists" and those who side with Jefferson came to be known as "Republicans". You can read their differing thoughts and ideas in both "The Federalist Papers" and "The Anti-Federalist Papers". Neither of those affiliations exists today, but the ideas are still surprisingly fresh, and new affiliations, or "parties" have taken their place. It is true that the Great Experiment did survive the political split, and, in many ways, that split helps to preserve it, but now is not the time for divisions of any kind in this country. Our very way of life and our cherished standard of living is at stake.
High fuel prices hurt every American everyday and not just at the gas pump. Fuel prices affect the costs of other goods as well, and limit both a citizen's ability to acquire those goods, and the freedom to travel to purchase them. Additionally, the public is strapped with the greatest budget deficit of all time. The deficit now is greater than the deficits of all 42 other administrations combined and it continues to grow. As the value of the dollar diminishes and the path ahead grows dark, it becomes apparent that now is not the time for party affiliation so much as it is the time for national unity.
We do not need a "Party" in the White House. We need a good, solid leader who will guide us out of the desert and into the promised land. We need a president we will all get behind and devote the future of our country too. Most of all, we need to remember the motto established by the Founding Fathers and make this country again united into one from the many who share in its freedoms.