| The two party system in America has not been | | | | riot. The answers are not out of reach but |
| troublesome up to recent days for several | | | | they are unlikely to be sounded much less |
| reasons. Firstly, it was always taken for | | | | heard.Reason number one is that today we have |
| granted that the singular goal of each party | | | | more politicians than ever before but far |
| was identical. That goal was doing what was | | | | fewer statesmen. If we are looking for a |
| best for the country. The only real | | | | George Washington or an Abraham Lincoln in |
| difference between the partisans was how to | | | | our ranks we will be disappointed. In fact |
| accomplish that goal. The American public | | | | just for looking you could be mocked and |
| trusted that the goal was singular and | | | | labeled as a sentimentalist who is wallowing |
| pervasive in the minds of most of our | | | | around in nostalgia trying to rediscover the |
| statesmen and we trusted that they would work | | | | glory that was Rome but is of another |
| out the ways and means and the country would | | | | day.Another obvious reason is that the terms |
| move forward at the end of the day. Why is | | | | Democratic and Republican have been replaced |
| this not the case today?Why have the | | | | in large part by the terms liberal and |
| differences that could be used to stimulate | | | | conservative respectively. Denotations have |
| debate and excite reason dissimulated. Now | | | | moved over for connotations in our |
| the differences are likely to create | | | | perception. |
| impassible chasms, picketing, upheaval, and | | | | |