One of the hallmarks of Kamala Harris' failed campaign was the pronounced lack of solutions she offered for anything.

In fact, the only thing she offered was that she was not --shudder-- Donald Trump.

This is one of the reasons she never gained any traction. She offered no fix for the flat tires abounding in our society. With so many broken things, how do we fix them, Madame Vice-President? Cackle, she would reply, broken things need fixing, but not Donald Trump's way.

What would she do? No one knew. Hard to vote for that unless you just hate Donald Trump so much that anything is better than --shudder-- him.

I raise this point because there is a wing of people in politics who offer no solutions, they just constantly criticize, point their finger at a proposed solution, and hiss --shudder-- not that.

It's fair to critique a proposed solution for a broken thing, but when you perpetually offer nothing as an alternative, after a time, people tire of you pointing and hissing at those trying to fix the flat tire.

Here in Texas, we just passed a new curriculum for our broken schools. If you like, you can look over what will be given to students for yourself.

There was a solid group of people, though, who constantly pointed the finger and hissed not that. That's been their mantra for a while now. But when you critique a proposed solution to fix the flat tire and don't offer something obviously better to address the situation, then your constant critique becomes irrelevant over time.

The flat tire needs to be replaced and fixed. Not replacing and not fixing it is no solution. So, pointing and saying not that will get less and less attention over time.

People are tired of a broken society. We're tired of dumping endless money into schools as student performance worsens year after year. We're pretty done with pointing at problems and doing nothing about them.

If the point-and-hiss crowd wanted to improve the situation, then cough up and showcase the better solution. Stop saying, "Not that!" and start saying "THAT!" and demonstrate the superiority of THAT solution. But THAT never happened. We just got a lot of "Not that!"

I often told my kids as they were growing up that if you're stuck, any movement in any direction is better than no movement at all. You can course-correct as you go, but not moving is no option. You'll just remain listless and stuck.

No one is satisfied with a flat tire.