As an outsider looking in at the sad, but rapidly increasing decline of the US political system I thought this piece was outstanding.

I have Republican family members in the USA and I have said for a long time that the Republican voter base care more about defeating the Democrats than they do about running the country.

Interestingly, it was this partisanship which was the primary contributing factor to the downfall of Rome.

If Democrats authored a bill offering free light bulbs for everyone then the Republicans would campaign that candlelight is superior.