[Question_Assumptions]

I haven't finished the article yet but this sounds an awful lot like a set up for "We should do things more like Europe does." Yeah, let's give Communists, Fascists, and other loons the legitimacy they want so we can be more like a continent that can't even defend itself.

[Entrepreneur]

Parliamentary government in California? We should not dismiss it out of hand, because we Californians may be testing the ability of the American system to function when society reaches a critical point of complexity.

Phooey. Who says a government that cannot act is bad? I happen to prefer government gridlock. The less the government does, the better.

[SierraWasp]

" Schwarzenegger, who grew up in Austria's parliamentary democracy and has been mentored by former Gov. Pete Wilson, an advocate of a stronger executive, doesn't appear to be fazed."

Well... Here's the essence of the rest of the article!!!

Now... How's that grab ya???