The Common Sense Manifesto is an advocate for "common sense", not only in Washington, in politics in general, but also in all of our daily lives. We have become a nation of partisan and personal interests, lacking in decency and respect for one another, and too willing to engage in hardened and uncompromising positions and agendas that do nothing to unite us or reach any solutions for the common good. We seek only to advance thoughts in the hope of inspiring persons of honest character to unite to return America to the 'shining city on a hill' that once we all aspired to.