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[quote author=washingtonismoney link=topic=14611.msg156582#msg156582 date=1455576371]Now, because of increasing partisanship, those norms are breaking down. I fear we'll need to completely reform American government to accommodate that reality.

Did you see this article by Matt Yglesias?  He agrees with everything you said but takes it a step (or nine) further: the system is going to collapse sooner or later because the constitution is not up to resolving these issues.  http://www.vox.com/2015/3/2/8120063/amer...acy-doomed
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I did, yes -- it's one of the articles I had in mind.

I think another article in that series poses what I think is the most likely scenario: like the Romans the founders so admired, the President will gradually dispose of the legislature -- and effectively rule more-or-less unilaterally for his term. American Caesars, in essence.

[washingtonismoney]

[quote author=washingtonismoney link=topic=14611.msg156582#msg156582 date=1455576371]Now, because of increasing partisanship, those norms are breaking down. I fear we'll need to completely reform American government to accommodate that reality.

Did you see this article by Matt Yglesias?  He agrees with everything you said but takes it a step (or nine) further: the system is going to collapse sooner or later because the constitution is not up to resolving these issues.  http://www.vox.com/2015/3/2/8120063/amer...acy-doomed
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I did, yes -- it's one of the articles I had in mind.

I think another article in that series poses what I think is the most likely scenario: like the Romans the founders so admired, the President will gradually dispose of the legislature -- and effectively rule more-or-less unilaterally for his term. American Caesars, in essence.