Government by Political Party

Do We have it? Do We Want to Keep it?

    One thinks of the Richard Daley, the long-serving mayor of Chicago. Now, Chicago had a "weak-mayor" system, which means the mayor is not traditionally all-powerful. But, as the de facto head of the Democratic Party, Daley ruled the city as powerfully as anyone can rule.

    And, one thinks of the Communist Party in the Soviet Union. The Communist Party in the Soviet Union was the government of the Soviet Union. Same thing.

   Then, look at America, and what it has become. Look down the halls of our state capitals. Look at our national government, and how the government swings back and forth with the party in rule.

   Parties are the government, in America. Do we want to keep it that way? Or do we change it?