I agree completely with Ake except for the tea party part.   If I read what Bobster said and the others it seems like it is not a move to the center that I dream America will once again become, but a drift to the right only ... We need a balanced government that can disagree but understand both sides of the equation. What we have now as before is re-packaged Corporate agents in a government position. The people lose in every case. On occasion either one will toss out a bone to say .. see we are the people also but in the end it boils down to wall street politics of the early industrial revolution kind.

If they have their way they would put back the 10 year olds in the factories .. Oh but now we have no factories so we leave that up to China to do it for us