This is not to create a new party, this is mainly to wake the parties that are in place up! Unity08 is a group of citizens deeply concerned that the wheels have come off our political system, that the American Dream is slipping away, and that time is short to get things back on track. We are of all ages, backgrounds, colors and beliefs and from both parties: Some of us have been involved in political campaigns at the state and national levels and served in high government positions. Others of our leadership group have never been active in political life but have been highly successful in the private sector, active in the non-profit world and in other walks of American life. Still others of our leadership group are students, who are concerned that the agenda of special interests is coming before the national interest. Unity08 believes that neither of today’s major parties reflects the aspirations, fears or will of the majority of Americans. Both have polarized and alienated the people. Both are unduly influenced by single-issue groups. Both are excessively dominated by money. I believe that, while the leaders of both major parties are well intentioned people, they are trapped in a flawed system — and that the two major parties are today simply neither relevant to the issues and challenges of the 21st Century nor effective in addressing them.