What do blinding headlights have to do with saving the Democratic Party? A lot, if you heard Congresswoman Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA) speak about it during a committee meeting last year. Maybe you’ve noticed that headlights have become significantly brighter, creating a hazard for oncoming drivers.

Gluesenkamp Perez refers to the problem as a “plague in this country of headlight brightness.”

I love the drama in that statement. Sure, when you consider the pressing, even existential, threats we face, headlights seem trivial.

But Gluesenkamp Perez’s point is that there’s a pervasive sense among Americans that our overall quality of life is declining and government doesn’t give a flying darn. Continue Reading →