Do you think the two parties keep each other in check?

[arcadian]

Or is one party edging out over the other. Also, do think that one party could become so powerful to the point that our two party system becomes a one party state?

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

1. We already have a de facto one party state.

The proverbial "Dimes worth of difference" has shrunk to a wooden nickel.

[ixion]

5. yep, well said

there is only really one party, behind the scenes.

[T Wolf]

8. What Tierra_y_Libertad said. nt

[Echo In Light]

16. "America has one political party with two right wings" Gore Vidal

[TheCowsCameHome]

2. ..to a fault, yes.

Nothing is getting done.

[leftstreet]

3. The Central Leadership Corporation keeps US in check n/t

[gratuitous]

4. The Democrats do an excellent job of keeping one party in check

And the Republicans are there to support their efforts 100%.

[Romulox]

6. Two wings, one party. Virtually no check on corporate power. nt

[GreenPartyVoter]

7. No, I don't think two parties are enough to maintain a balance.

[Individualist]

9. We've had a one party state ever since Reagan was in office

He was followed by DLC member Clinton, then the Chimperor, and now New Democrat Obama.

[jwirr]

10. They used to but no more.

[mitchum]

11. No,they keep the citizenry in check by offering them the illusion that they have choices

[OHdem10]

12. We have ONE PARTY with two Conservative Wings.

[Blue-Jay]

13. In theory, yes.

In recent practice, no.

What has the Democratic party done to represent their constituents, and keep corporations out of the legislative process? Not one single goddamned thing!

Who are they keeping in check? Us.

[old mark]

14. The GOP keeps the entire country hostage. The Democrats manage to

keep themselves in check without any outside help.



mark

[Booster]

15. I think both parties keep the rest of us in check.

[rateyes]

17. There are two parties running things?

:shrug:


Whodathunkit?

[Echo In Light]

18. "Politics is the shadow cast on society by big business." John Dewey

[rateyes]

22. Now, that's a damned good quote. nt

[lostnfound]

24. Great answer, +1 nt

[paulsby]

19. yes. i think a repub president with a dem congress

or vice versa is often a good combo. because the ultimate goal of both parties is to increase govt. power and act statist.

they just do it in different ways.

clinton was a very successful presidency. partly because he was partially stifled by an opposing congress.

it's a yin/yang thang

[mdmc]

20. We have a one party state - the corporate party

the liberals and the teabaggers try to chip away at it, but we have the GOP+DLC..

[Echo In Light]

21. Very convenient & lucrative as it pertains to staving off "democratic interference."

[lostnfound]

25. Preventing an "excess of democracy" as Professor Chomsky calls it.

[tom_paine]

23. ROFL. No, I think both parties keep we Plebs and Proles in check.

Amusing us with their games and stylized dog-and-pony shows that are getting so dumb it is amazing that anyone even buys it anymore.

Without the greatest Propaganda Machine in All of Human History, they could never do it, but the RW Lie machine and the "me too" Corporate M$M lend verisimilitude to the Big Lie, using all the massive power of the sciences of psychology, both statistical and behavioral, advertsing, marketing and PR.

[piratefish08]

26. I think the two parties make sure the checks don't stop coming in, no matter who is in charge......

[Lyric]

27. Nope. They work together to keep We The People in check.

Sad but true.

[spanone]

28. the media tips the scales...to the right.