(La Porte, IN) -  Leigh Morris, former Mayor of LaPorte and previous Chairman of the La Porte County Republican Party, is hoping for a bridge to bring the divided political parties closer together.   

Morris says he hopes this week’s Republican National Convention starts the process of moving the party more toward the center.  He believes a middle ground for both parties would bring healing to a political divide, which causes him concern about the direction of the country.  “There is no question about the fact there’s a lot of strong feelings out there.  Some very positive strong feelings about the current administration and the republican party, and some that are the opposite of that,” he said.

“I’ve always said one of my major political concerns is that we maintain a strong middle ground,” Morris said.  He acknoledges that not everybody will get what they want if both parties migrated to the center,  but more can be done for the country without the extreme political turbulence experienced now.

Morris said President Trump has done a lot of good things in areas like the economic run the country enjoyed until the pandemic hit but feels he’s lacking on things like management of the pandemic.