[sammyg2]

It's TOE the line.
If you really want to understand how our political system is supposed to work, ask the man who designed it. James Madison.
He explains it all in the Federalist Papers.
He's the father of the consitution, he's the father of the bill of rights, he was the leader in the first congresses and wrote most of the early laws and the first 10 amendments to the consitution. No single man had more to do with designing the United states of America than James Madison. He did a lot more for this country than George Washington and Abraham Lincoln combined but doesn't get the recognition he deserves.
BTW, He and Thomas Jefferson also started the republican party.