The Democratic Party cares about the human being that is suffering, whether it be from being poor or being abused.  The Republican Party worries about the security of the nation to the extent that the 'end justifies the means'.

They both have guts, but what seems to be missing from both sides; Empathy and the ability to realize that every human being needs to have self respect. 

Yes they 'both' lack the ability to understand another person's situation, feelings, and/or motives.  They both lack the understanding that we all need to be respected for our feelings.

The Democrats worry about the human being's plight.  They are concerned about every man, woman and child having health insurance or not, they worry whether a woman has a choice or whether someone's civil rights are being abused.  They want to keep people safe so they demand regulations.

The Republicans worry about losing control of the 'super power' or 'leader of the free world' status that the United States has in the world.  They don't approve of communism or dictatorships.  And they don't want anybody else to have what they have -- power.  They also think their beliefs are the only 'true' beliefs to have.

Democrats have the guts to march to the death for a man's freedom to walk into a store; but when it comes to standing up for their nation, how and why she was created, they tend to cover their eyes in hopes that the problem will fade away.

Republicans have the guts to march to the death in the name of their country but when it comes to standing up for the civil or human rights of a fellow American, they too, tend to cover their eyes in hopes that the problems will fade away.

Democrats will spend money and time they haven't got in order to feed the hungry, nurse the sick or free an innocent man or woman from imprisonment.

Republicans will spend money they haven't got to fight a war of choice, they'll travel miles to protest something they don't believe in and they'll spend hours lecturing others on how they should or should not live their lives.

Republicans by ignoring human being's civil/human rights and health issues, ignore some of the very reasons our nation was created; having empathy for your fellow man/woman.  The Declaration of Independence says, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."

Democrats by ignoring our torturing of prisoners during wars of our recent past, have no empathy for those of us that truly believe our nation would be better served if it realized it's own evils. The Declaration of Independence says, "That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, -- That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness."  It also says, "A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people".

While I don't agree with the use of the word MEN in most of the Declaration of Independence; both parties seem to read between the lines of our Declaration, ignoring what they care less about.

A Party that is finally prepared to read the whole declaration and act upon it --- just might become America's, and the world's, new leader.