Commentary
Complaints about our two-party system are nothing new and parties other than Democrat and Republican have popped up from time to time, occasionally with memorable names such as the Bull Moose Party.
Even so, they disappear pretty rapidly, the conventional wisdom being that the only thing that really works is the same old, same old.
Further, we look across The Pond, where the parliamentary system reigns and see nothing but chaos. Who can remember the names of those ever-changing political parties?
Who’s running Italy this week? What about Spain? How many prime ministers has the UK had since July 2022? (Answer: three, don’t forget Liz Truss). What’s the name of the latest party—or 38-party coalition—in Israel trying to finally finish off Benjamin Netanyahu? And don’t even get me started on France….