It's sad, isn't it, Bobert, the way the Democrats and Republicans both seem to have a real talent for killing the credibility of their party once it gets elected?

I think it's sort of inevitable, though, because of the system that drives them both and which they really serve once they are in office. They do not serve the public which elects them, they serve their major funding sources.

It's kind of like that in Canada, too, only it's a lot more low key here... ;-) The issues involved aren't as extreme, but the general situation is similarly non-representative of the interests of the general public.