“How did things ever get so far? I don’t know. It was so unfortunate, so unnecessary.” Speaking almost to himself, Don Corleone, played so perfectly by Marlon Brando in the Godfather, asks out loud this most simple and basic question. His question also goes to the heart of the current presidential race. Actions have consequences and America has a stark choice to make on November 8th. Perhaps even more importantly his question speaks to where we are as a nation and the need to understand how we got here. Beyond just this election, it is THE core question America needs to answer. That shining city on the hill, a biblical reference forever immortalized by Ronald Reagan seemed to change overnight with the swearing in of Bill Clinton on January 20th, 1993....