Don't blame Obama. The US political system is broken | Michael Tomasky

America?s founders were keen to create a system that moved slowly. Yet now we have a system that barely moves at all A recent political development in your country has me reflecting again on my country?s political situation and wondering what on earth we Americans are going to do about a system that is irrefutably and almost irredeemably stuck in a state of paralysis. I read about Alistair Darling?s proposal for a bank bonus tax with great interest. I?m no ... Full Story »

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by Gatlin Massey - Dec. 15, 2009

Opinion piece that makes one think about how dependent we are on those 58, 59, and 60th votes to pass in Senate. Do these people hold the power in passing legislation? According to Tomasky they very much do. But what would a broad educational campaign by Obama look like?

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