Mr. Obama, now that you have been elected by people from both political parties, independents, all socio-economic classes, all races, all ethnic groups, I think it is time to form a new party (as Abraham Lincoln did in 1864).

So long as the country is divided into red and blue, Republican and Democratic, old and young, black and white and brown, rich and poor and middle class, unity simply will not happen because people will continue to identify with these classifications, and the old divisions and divisiveness will never disappear.

Mr. Obama, you have already referred to “not a blue America or a red America, but a United States of America” (I hope that is the exact quotation). Why not turn that into a reality and form a “United Party” or whatever other name best conveys the idea.

This would have to be done while you are in office. Any later, it would turn out to be just one more third party, and we well know what happens to them.

A number of years ago, Kevin Philips stated that the American party system needs re-alignment. I agreed with him then, and I do now more than ever – and this seems like the perfect opportunity to make it work.

Sincerely,

Suzanne Cane
Mexico City

and no, realist, I don’t think Obama would build soviet style fortresses. from what we’ve seen so far, Barack-the-architect would be much more likely to design some kind of self-building-kits, whereby ordinary people could assemble their own houses working together with other like-minded folks: somewhat parallel to the structure of his campaign mobilization organization. however, all the houses would have a unified, clean-line design aesthetic, humble yet inspiring messages sprinkled throughout the instruction manual, and wireless internet connectivity built right in!