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The GOP win is a victory for an electoral strategy that deliberately obstructs the legislative process over a long period of time so it can later claim that Washington doesn't work; the opposing party is held responsible for gridlock when the next electoral cycle comes around. This is a fundamental defect in how democracy functions and should be eliminated through constitutional amendment. It is the constitutional responsibility of the legislature to propose and act on legislation. Government through obstruction is clearly not what the framers intended. Why do I get the feeling that what's at work is not how best the country can benefit by what the government does in its behalf, but who gets the credit.

Election Day in America has cable news shows discussing the possible agenda of the GOP when they take over the Senate. Even MSNBC, the station with a slant toward the left, is talking about the certitude of a Republican win and likely destruction of the national program of the Democrats. One has to wonder why anyone would bother going to vote when media reports on polls have already reported the results before anyone has the chance to cast a ballot. All across he country the electorate will dutifully check boxes, pull levers, punch papers, and press buttons in the firm belief it is enacting its sacred franchise, when democracy by polls has already decided the important questions before us.