Editor, The Auburn Plainsman,
This past election cycle has revealed bitter divides between the Republican Party and the Democratic Party.
Unfortunately, our long national discussion culminates in an election, and the work ends there.
But today, as before the election, a man in Auburn seeks a job he cannot find.
A woman in Opelika is secretly illiterate.
And a child in Beauregard will go to school hungry.
We in the Democratic Party, and we as Americans, have a social obligation to those individuals, and our fight for them must not end on election night.
We must continue to work every day to ensure those Americans less fortunate can share in that "more perfect Union" we have so long sought after.
We call on Republicans, as we call on Democrats and Independents, to finally put aside our partisan differences so that, together, we might end the love of greed over giving, war over peace, hate over tolerance and the status quo over progress.
We have now, as we do after every election, as we do every day, the opportunity to better the lives of all.
It is not a modest endeavor.
It is not an easy challenge.
But it is ours.
And we look forward to accomplishing it together.
Alex Roberson
president,
Auburn University College Democrats
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