[blackdog]

Why bother having a Congress? The government could save a lot of money not having to pay for 435 Congressmen, 100 Senators, and their staffs. Obama is just going to issue executive orders as he sees fit—why bother with laws passed by Congress?

There is no bribery mechanism or motivation if there are not two sides. One to play the good cop side and one to play the bad cop side. The executive and legislative branches have been working that old routine in it’s various forms since the early 1960’s.

[Verginius Rufus]

There is that part of it. The Democrats raise tons of money telling people how bad the Republicans are and how they need money to save the country from the Republicans, while the Republicans raise money to save the country from the Democrats.

There is a little more truth in the latter claim since the country needs saving from the Democrats, but the Republicans aren't very good at doing anything to stop them.