This makes sense, thanks for the info!

I was with you until here:

Quote Originally Posted by Sailor View Post
Generally speaking, people here seem to think that two party where other party gets all (majority) and the other gets nothing (out of government) is basically the same as one party system. And we Europeans (as well as many other countries) surely have bad memories from what that could mean. No offense here, just a honest opinion. You have many other things that are great but your political system (not country or people) looks little different that what it could be as it's best.
We have a presidency, a house and senate, and a judiciary. It is extremely difficult to control all three. I guess that was my point earlier with the gridlock comment. Though the presidency is important, he or she is only a piece of a puzzle. Thus the balance of power and--i daresay--intentional gridlock.