It Is Voters Who Deadlock Democracy: ; Campaigns Are About Platitudes, and Not Solutions
Charleston Daily Mail › November 03, 2004
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WASHINGTON - In his 1963 book, "The Deadlock of Democracy," the historian James MacGregor Burns complained of too much fragmentation in American politics.
Presidents couldn't enact their programs because it was too hard to assemble congressional majorities. Party loyalties were too weak; single-minded interest groups were too strong.See the full content of this document
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It Is Voters Who Deadlock Democracy: ; Campaigns Are About Platitudes, and Not Solutions
To break the deadlock, Burns wanted the parties and Congress overhauled. The system should allow "the winning party to govern and the losers to oppose."
Given Americans' historic suspicion of government - the main reason we have th...See the full content of this document
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