[Designer]

"In fact, it would be best for the country if the Rats and the Pubs took turns every four years. That way neither could do too much damage."

Please tell me that was written with tongue-in-cheek.

Believe me, we really don't want that to happen. As it is, the controlling political elite is essentially non-partisan, and they have remained in power for many years. Changing "parties" every four or eight years makes no difference to them, nor to U.S. policy, whether domestic, foreign, monetary, or what-have-you.

The only real differences between the parties are strictly superficial. Walking over the cliff, or running over the cliff, we still end up going off the cliff in the end.

[Rum Tum Tugger]

I believe that your point is the same as mine.