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The Two-Party System Is Making America Ungovernable

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The Republican and Democratic parties are entrenched in calcified partisanship, where politics is played as a zero-sum game. The rise of the Tea Party, liberal backlash, and the exodus of moderate voices from Congress all point toward the public'€™s growing discontent. Has our two-party system failed us? Is this a call to change our two-party system of governance?

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Ungovernable
No, America Isn't Ungovernable
Friday, February 12, 2010
Peter Wehner
Is America Ungovernable?
Friday, February 12, 2010
Jonathan Chait
It's Nonsense to Say the U.S. Is Ungovernable
Friday, February 19, 2010
Charles Krauthammer
A Study in Paralysis
Friday, February 12, 2010
Economist
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Thursday, February 18, 2010
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Third Party
Top Does America Need Another Party?
Friday, April 30, 2010
Washington Post
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Thursday, October 28, 2010
Christian Science Monitor
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Ron Gunzburger
Partisanship Is Only One of the Problems
Monday, December 20, 2010
Lincoln Mitchell
Is a Michael Bloomberg Presidency Possible?
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Stewart J. Lawrence
Third Party Rising
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Thomas L. Friedman
Fusian Power: Why Only Two Parties is No Fun
Sunday, December 1, 2002
Brian Doherty
Books on the American Party System
Why Parties?: The Origin and Transformation of Political Parties in America
Thursday, June 1, 1995
John H. Aldrich
Mad As Hell: How the Tea Party Movement Is Fundamentally Remaking Our Two-Party System
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Scott Rasmussen
The Myth of Voter Choice in a Two-Party Tyranny
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Theresa Amato
How the Demopublicans Have Rigged the System and Left Independents Out in the Cold
Wednesday, December 31, 1969
James T. Bennett
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Thursday, August 1, 2002
John F. Bibby
Congress
Why I'm Leaving the Senate
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Evan Bayh
Mending the Broken Branch: Assessing the 110th Congress, Anticipating the 111th
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Sarah A. Binder
Books Closed on the 111th Congress What to Expect in the 112th
Monday, December 27, 2010
Thomas E. Mann
Partisan Politics
Can a Polarized American Party System Be Healthy?
Thursday, April 1, 2010
William A. Galston
Bipolar Disorder: Is America Divided?
Tuesday, February 1, 2005
Jonathan Rauch
GOP Agenda May Mean More in 2012 than Now
Monday, January 3, 2011
Larry Margasak
The Bipartisanship Racket
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Frank Rich
The Gridlock Myth
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Michael Barone
The State of Liberalism
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Jonathan Alter
The State of Conservatism
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Christopher Caldwell
Poisonous Political Atmosphere Is Unhealthy
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Norman J. Ornstein
Divided Government
Divide This Government
Monday, November 6, 2006
Jonathan Rauch
Expertinent: Making Sense of McCain's Divided Government Argument
Friday, October 17, 2008
Andrew Romano
Divided Government
Thursday, April 1, 2004
Morris P. Fiorina
Lame-Duck Session
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Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Garance Franke-Ruta
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Friday, December 31, 2010
Linda Feldmann
Filibuster
A History of the Filibuster
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Sarah A. Binder
Testimony of Norman J. Ornstein Before the Committee on Rules, U.S. Senate
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Norman J. Ornstein
Filibusters and Cloture in the Senate
Friday, March 12, 2010
Richard S. Beth
Gerrymandering
The Gerrymandering Orgy Begins
Friday, January 14, 2011
Herman Schwartz
How to Rig an Election
Thursday, April 25, 2002
Economist
Voting Systems
Electoral Systems
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Charles King
Why Are There Only Two Major Parties in the U.S.?
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
FactCheck.org
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Wednesday, December 31, 1969
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Wednesday, December 31, 1969
Win or Lose
Monday, July 26, 2010
Anthony Gottleib
Presidential vs. Parliamentary Government
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Tuesday, March 1, 1994
Terry M. Moe
The Perils of Presidentialism
Thursday, March 1, 1990
Juan Linz
Polls
Americans See Tone of Debate as Negative
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Dan Balz
Obama's Job Ratings, Personal Image Unchanged by Recent Washington Events
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Pew Research Center for the People & the Press
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Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Jeffrey M. Jones
Americans Renew Call for Third Party
Friday, September 17, 2010
Jeffrey M. Jones
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Sunday, April 18, 2010
Pew Research Center for the People & the Press
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Thursday, May 21, 2009
Pew Research Center for the People & the Press