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Old 09-04-2010, 08:24 PM   #12
casimendocina
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Originally Posted by TheMercenary View Post
Sounds like it is working, but in situations like that don't you think it concentrates the power to the three independents? That seems counter intuitive to the whole process, I just don't know enough about it though.
In this situation, that's exactly what it's doing. Originally, the system of checks and balances was meant to prevent any one party or group from having too much power. I'm not sure that anyone ever envisioned a situation where the level of support (or lack of it) would be so evenly divided between the major parties.
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