Well, they may think that, or, more properly, give that answer on a controlled and channeled survey. But seriously, what do they think will happen with one party in control? Perhaps the carcass would be devoured more quietly by either the hyenas alone or the jackals alone, but how is that *better*?

Exactly.

One way or the other, nail in coffin.

Gotta also add that the R strategerie seems to be working out well, good job Rove and ALEC, Koch Bros et al.

Hi, I just tuned in and was going to write similar words. If we think this govt is heading for fascism now, how much faster will it get there when one party is in control. I am convinced that most people do not want the Constitution to be operative, they only want the shell administered by an authoritarian head so that choices are reduced.

Well, given both Presidential candidates represent Republican priorities with one just being more extreme than the other, the GOP better win Congress so we have one party control of all 3 branches of government.

Heh, apparently the American people forget that we had ONE PARTY control for a good portion of the last decade. The Republicans had control during the Bush administration. Then in 2008 the Democrats had control until 2010. Each time we had still heard the bitching, whining and posturing. It wasn’t any better.

Given the ideas that have come from congress and the White House over the last four years, gridlock is the best result we could hope for. If they can’t do anything, they can’t screw anything up. And they’ve made it clear that the 99% are on our own anyway.

Boxturtle (Why bother to throw the rascals out when all we get is another rascal?)

So call a Constitutional Convention and change to a Parliamentary system, but would that be much different to this country than the two brands of UniParty Inc. arguing over process to get to the same ends?

As for effect on Congressional races, even Barry doesn’t care about the down-ticket. Congress is sitting on a 12% approval rating, but for most, its your Congressman their mad at, not theirs. At best this translates to maybe an 80% Congressional retention rate than the usual 90%.

The question seems to be do we want bad government or no governmetn at all???

Tough choice.

Agree with you we need a new third party. Doesn’t have to be a majority but needs to steer the D’s back to the 99% of us who can remember off the top of our heads how many houses we own and where our bank accounts are. Green party is my choice as well.

I have concluded that all this election/governing scene is not merely kabuki, although the part that is pitched to us voters pretty clearly is. The D-team and the R-team are in fierce competition to win ‘the contract’ from the MOTU. So far it the contract has been for 2yrs, 4yrs kind of thing, but with the rule of law breaking down, probably one of these times will be permanent. Probably soon, I am afraid.

What I wonder is how the politics work at the above-government levels. Surely the MOTU don’t all agree, there must be stratification and jockeying for power even, factions and coalitions even at the highest levels. For instance, I am guessing that Sheldon Adelson would be considered nouveau riche by the ‘real’ MOTU.

A third party with 8-14% of the voting population can determine which party wins. It can approach each party and get committments on issues and then throw their support one way or the other. If that party doesn’t come through, you throw support to the other and vote the bastards out.

Simple plan. Get term limits and campaigh financial reform done and we’re back on track.

I agree. governance is not just Kabuki. These people play “hard ball”. What the show us is just theatre, however.

Frankly, IMO, the MOTU understand that a functioning thrivine middle class is necessary. Otherwise they got nobody to steal from. It’s their new members that “screwed the pooch” by being just too damn greedy. Old money HATES new money. They don’t play by the rules. Gotta have rules.

Yes. I feel something like is going on, as well. From my lowly position on the totem pole (not quite at the bottom but not far up), it sure doesn’t look to me like the 1% should be snarling all that much over the “spoils,” but it does appear that’s what they’re doing.

Then again, if our government had just been a little more divided, we might have been spared Obomneycare.

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Most polls, frankly, are bullshit and prove bupkiss, imo. Thanks for the info, but I doubt that citizens who are responding to very carefully designed questions in polls really know how their answers will be used.

Said it last week in similar post, I think the majority of citizens are FED UP and pissed off with our hard-earned money being WASTED by a bunch of CROOKS in DC who are parasites and just artificially gin up partisan controversy and crap… all on our taxpayer dime.

Sure, some citizens have been propogandized into believing that an outright fascist dictatorship would suit them down to the bottom of their authoritarian soles of their feet. I think the majority of citizens, if asked properly phrased questions, would NOT want “one party rule” in DC. They want an govt that’s more or less “effective,” and that doesn’t engage in bullshit so-called “partisan” shenanigans.

It was not all that long ago that the concept of a loyal opposition still existed, and the pols in DC were able to work together at least *some* of the time to effect working and workable solutions and legislation that actually, you know, made our country run somewhat effectively.

Please! Most of the citizens do NOT want a dictatorship, no matter what spin is hyped out by the propoganda wurlitzer.

I think that term limits are a canard. Here in Okiedokeyland we’ve had term limits for a while now, what you end up with is key staffers, and family members taking the place of term-limited legislators. Its made no difference to the powers of special interests and lobbyists.

I dunno… you may have a point, although it seems to me that the younger generations of truly “Old Money,” are just as crass and greedy and stupid as the “New Money” is. That’s just how I see it. I don’t see much difference anymore. Not here, and not even in Merry Olde Englande, where the so-called Upper Crust was alleged to be so filled with noblesse oblige.

It’s fun to watch BBC productions like “Upstairs Downstairs,” and that ilk, but those are, frankly, pretty fairy tales and the affable relationships between the Upstairs & Downstairs never existed in real life as depicted on the big and small screens.

I agree, sadly. Same thing has basically happened in Californ-ay-aye, where term limits has mostly resulted in the same hacks spending most of their limited terms figuring out what next office they’ll run for. And I think lobbyists may hold larger sway than ever, albeit I have no proof of that, so no link.

It hasn’t really had the intended affect, and in fact, has resulted in some stalemating and dead locks while newly elected fresh faces try to figure out how the wheels within wheels work. A good idea that has failed, frankly.

Taking money out of the electoral process would be most excellent, but I surely won’t hold my breath for that to happen.

It was not all that long ago that the concept of a loyal opposition still existed, and the pols in DC were able to work together at least *some* of the time to effect working and workable solutions and legislation that actually, you know, made our country run somewhat effectively.

I remember that time. It was before the republican party became the obstinant, obstructionist bastards they are today and back when the democrats were the progressive party and they knew how to govern. It was before they were bought out by the 1% just like the GOP.

MUST take down the “For Sale” sign if we are to get government “Of the people, by the people and for the people” again. Just NOT gonna happen with these two parties no matter who’s in the White House.

But, let me be clear, I’ve never seen such dastardly, despicable individuals as McConnell, Cantor, Ryan, Kyl, Boehner, Bachmann, Perry, Santorum, Gingrich, and the current GOP nominee Romney. And with people like Beck and Limbaugh and FOX News fanning their fires, the country is definately in peril and needs God’s help.

This is a meaningless poll. Why?

1. We already had a unified government, with a super-majority in the Senate no less, and it was voted out. It was also ineffective.

2. All a unified government creates is inter-party division, such as the assholes called Blue Dogs (who you no longer hear about).

The government will always divide itself, because their worst fear is to be forced into action on behalf of the voters. You can’t serve corporate interests in a unified government. My point being, politicians don’t WANT a unified government, and will do anything to prevent it. The people? They’re irrelevant.

We’ve been turning over crooks here in Texas but only on the local level. But it’s worked. Advantages may be mixed but we’ve GOT to do it.

People suffering from certifiable mental illness being given vast wealth and power explains our current state of affairs better than conspiracy theories and Bohemian Club, Skull and Bones fraternal organizations planning shit out.
Stupidest people I have ever met are the uber wealthy and if they ran the world it would be like a monkey F#@%ing a football; oh wait….

Well I cannot disagree with you about how despicable & disgusting that CONS are in the Repub party. But so-called Dems aren’t that much better bc they’re doing bupkiss in terms of push-back; in fact, most of the time they’re going along with the assholes that you list and doing exactly what they’re doing.

Just bc the so-called Dems appear somewhat more intelligent and “reasonable” (for lack of better terminology): so what? IF they’re behaving as badly as the likes of Bachmann & Cantor?? What’s the difference?? It’s like how even *I* agree that Obama looks good & sounds good; he makes a good speech & appears credibly intelligent. So what? He’s as devious and malicious and as uncaring and unconcerned as snickering doofus W.

Polling shows voters thinking President Obama will win a second term, so some may think the only way to get one-party control would be to support Democratic candidates for Congress.

Hope for Warren yet?

You might be right. I surely don’t know.

The old aphorism comes to mind: Absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Certainly these greedy rapacious malicious 1% assholes (no matter how & when they came by their money) are Exhibit A.

Maybe Bachmann and Walsh will end?

And Walsh, you left Walsh out.

They will get shows on Fox and maybe do book tours. Rather have them in a do nothing Congress since tarring and feathering is frowned upon these days.

Hey in Indiana we may get that gem Mourdoch for senator. Oh he’s really good. Says he never compromises, nope not on anything. Best tea party canidate they could find. That will complete one party vote in Indiana.

Ah well, fox news may soon run out of spots. Even Palin may not find work. Better there than soiling their pants in congress.

Shit you havn’t got to win the race for president. Just get one house of congress and fuck up the world.

Bush floated the idea in public first… saying his job would be a lot easier if he was a dictator. Nobody really blinked, they just blew it off as ol’ George talking. Truth be told, its probably part of the game plan. A few more years of this me-first bullshit we have now and the people will welcome most anything.

If Sheldon bucked the Old Money/Whiteshoe crowd, he’d be hauled out to the desert and given a plot all by himself.

Then you have to be willing to primary the dems from the left and risk loosing a couple of general elections. The republicans learned to do this and now most dems are blue dogs except a few from very left districts.

One party will make the trains run on time.

Risk is necessary. It is death by a thousand cuts with the Dem’s or just Death with the R’s.

Where do I sign up?? I’m not afraid to have the Congress/Senate go majority Repub if we could *possibly* get the Dems back in line and working more progressively like they used to.

Right now, it don’t make a damn bit of difference if Dems or Thugs are in the majority bc they do the same bullshit stuff.

Whatever… bring it on. I’ve donated to campaigns, like Lamont, for that very reason.

Those trains, they may be on time, but where will they go?

Maybe we don’t need term limits.

Maybe what we need is service limits.

If the idiots continue to run, first serving in one position and then in another, all in an effort to continue soaking the voter/taxpayer, then maybe what we need is a limit on how many years we’ll let you serve the public in ANY capacity.

Boy, would that eliminate a whole bunch of folks, but I don’t see how that’s bad for any of us.

I’d be satisfied if a president were simply allowed to do more of what he promised while campaigning. As it is, I think someone like Obama counts on the opposition giving him an excuse to not do what he promises.

…Or counts on his supporters to defend him or remain silent when he declares himself judge, jury, executioner and Ultimate “Humanitarian Interventionist.”

According to this poll, the responders prefer an undivided government, so they prefer tyranny rather than democracy, not that we don’t already have the tyranny of the 1%. Would they prefer the head of the government to be a King, an Emperor, or some other autocratic designation?

The only person that controls whether or not the most powerful man in the world (POTUS) fulfills his campaign promises is the person elected to serve in that position.

Humanitarian intervention – the lubricant for war or aka kinetic military action.

Only with the assistance of IBM, after all they have a proven track record.

This poll shows the Great Circus of Mortal Opposition® sufficiently distracts the voting public from those who actually hold the governmental leash. This pageant is performed for the purpose of having us believe that they do righteous battle over their moral high-grounds, but they in fact furiously collude to do the bidding of their real masters.

I am wondering if they believe this country does truly have 2 parties any longer. One has gone so far back in time that “Leave it to Beaver” is their channel; therefore we should go back to a Parliamentary system where more parties and logic can prevail!

“Partisan gridlock” has to be the biggest line of hooey that the Money Party uses to distract us serfs from the reasons why life sucks (real reason: the Money Party are group of greedy thieves and need to be imprisoned, beaten, and spat upon, regularly).

Or if not, it’s right up there with their other invention, “the Federal deficit” (the money we pay private bankers to let us print our own fucking money…which we could do without their approval, anyway). When you get the Veal Pen Serious People crowd sighing about how “partisanship” is stopping us from solving our “deficit crisis”, it’s like perfect storm of horse hockey.