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I agree with you 100% on that - when the political power is split (one party has the legislative, another has the executive), they spend all their time fighting each other and less time screwing things up for the rest of us. Fine by me. The less government does (in its current form), the better off everyone is.

Sad, it shouldn't be that way. There's no provision whatsoever for political parties in the Constitution and if you cut to the heart of it, the rise of "political machines" and parties in this country coincided with the creation of many of the problems that exist today, which have the potential to destroy this country. Abolishing political parties and other forms of collusion among politicians would be a HUGE step in the right direction. Another would be LIFETIME limits on TOTAL government service (including any/all local, state or federal appointments to elected offices). No more career politicians. Make it 10-15 years MAX. that a person can hold any elected office or combination of them. The price of "experience" so lost would be far less than the penalty of the current "good-old-boy-network" or corruption.