Periodically, our two-party system of Republicans and Democrats comes under attack as an outdated and cumbersome instrument of either gridlock or parallelism, depending upon the ideological makeup of the opposition. Naturally, during a presidential election campaign, the rhetoric is turned up several notches.
J. KARL MILLER: Two-party system might not be perfect, but it works
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 | 6:00 a.m. CST;
updated 3:49 p.m. CST, Sunday, February 5, 2012
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