I'm just saying having a multi-party system is PART of a balanced presidency. Obviously congress is the biggest cancer in our govt. right now, that, more than likely, will not be addressed in a reasonable amount of time
I don't know about you, but Mike Gravel, and to some extent, Ron Paul have been breaking the ice in-terms of opening up the bag of shit to the American public every chance they get. While Obama is out parading change, there is some real talk going on from Gravel about corruption, incompetence, and uselessness of the congress right now. The NI4D act is a big step forward towards putting our govt in check(not a solution in itself obviously). Its better than sitting there and raising expectations that you can't count on, basically adding on more to the cynicism that people have towards politics.