Political Common Sense

What every American voter should know and understand before he/she exercises their right to vote.
“Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, in order to betray them.”--- Judge Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution, CONSTITUTION OF THE U. STATES, Book III, CHAPTER XLV. CONCLUDING REMARKS, 1833