System Not Broken But One Party Is

So says Andrew Sullivan in The Economist.

The real problem right now, in my view, is not the system but one of the major political parties. We have in the GOP a truly disturbing and cynical view of politics: there is nothing but party and ideology and the former is a vehicle solely to enact the latter. The zero GOP votes for a stimulus package in the middle of the fastest downturn since the 1930's that was one-third tax cuts tells you all you need to know. And the Republican adoption of utopian, John Birch fanatasies about rolling back the legacy of Woodrow Wilson makes any sane engagement with this party impossible.

It is no longer run by anyone in Congress, but directed by talk radio, Fox News, Sarah Palin's Twitter account, and Manichean ranters like radio host Mike Levin. If any government action is regarded as tyrrany, then there is never any way to compromise. The fundamental problem lies with a deranged, ideological and dangerous opposition in a system designed to forge pragmatic compromise.

--Ballard Burgher