If you watch the news, as I do, viewing can be a pretty discouraging thing these days. Recession, job losses, foreclosures, and the skyrocketing national debt seem to be plastered across every news program. And during these challenging times, the American people expect those who work in Washington to put aside their political weapons and focus on finding solutions to the difficulties we face.

In fact, no single word was more prominently used during the election cycle of 2008 than “change.” It was a rallying cry for both Republicans and Democrats and represented a promise to reform Washington into a more bipartisan and transparent government.

That was until the wave of promised bipartisanship suddenly hit a sea wall called the U.S. Census Bureau.

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