Factions

In her article, Mary Alice touchs on one of the main problems of our current political system. Today's political atmosphere has become exactly what Madison warned against. Our country is run and divided by factions, Democrats and the GOP.

These two parties have had almost complete control of the country since the Civil War and have bred an atmosphere of exclusion and isolation. The last third party with an actual chance was probably the Republicans, yep, back in the day when they were a third party.

More frightening though is the fact that, especially recently, the parties are increasingly isolating themselves from the public. Policies are not decided based on what the public wants but on party lines. In the interest of fairness, both parties have been guilty of such actions. However, right now, it is quite clear that the Republicans are blatantly voting against any and all legislation posed by the Democratic leadership. Quite frankly, its disgraceful and a mockery of Democracy.

Someone *cough* voters *cough* needs to put an end to this.