Would you support Bob Kerrey's proposed "George Norris Amendment"?

[TreasonousBastard]

1. An interesting idea to get discussion going, but...

impossible to put into effect and a great waste of time.

Political parties are in the natural order of things. Aside from maybe Vermont town meetings, name one government of any sort anywhere that does not have parties as the organized voices of various segments of the population. Parties almost immediately sprang up in the earliest days of our country even though they aren't mentioned at all in the Constitution and weren't discussed much while writing it.

Germany, Israel, and other countries don't seem to have suffered from a wealth of political parties that actually have power and seats in their legislatures.

Our problem is mainly having a bicameral legislature. Having an essentially coequal House and Senate simply magnifies the differences between the parties and gives either party one more chance to screw things up.

As for a solution? Alas, I have none.