You should not be surprised we have a one Party system.
http://e-pluribusunum.com/ for more info
According to several sources the FOIA reform was scuttled because of the banking lobbyists, Any surprise there? Our country is being scuttled while Boehner plays the national anthem and all sorts of patriotic music as background on his House Speaker phone line, while they block comments because his mailbox is full.
The people (and if we had a legitimate media) need to pit the two Parties against each other based upon how well they can lead by transparency and by exposing corruption and fraud. The political corruption is at the root of what is tearing our country down.
Now we are adding more immigrants from Latin America that are more adept at accepting corrupt governments than fighting it. That’s probably part of the amnesty rationale by the connected elites.