Maybe the problem is that the political system of the US is too top-heavy.

[DetlefK]

The amount of power vested into the one person who is POTUS... head of state, head of military, nominates judges, issues executive orders, highest authority when it comes to declassification...

To paraphrase Mitch McConnell, I think the US could use a little less drama and political system that is less prone to the whims of a single person.

[exboyfil]

1. I wonder if we would have the same thought

the day before the last election. I think we are seeing the limits of our current electoral system. Disproportionate representation for the Senate and Presidency. Gerrymandering for the House. Fixed four year terms for the chief executive. It is times like this that the parliamentary system looks better. Would we feel the same way when Obama was President though?

[dawg]

2. We need some Constitutional amendments.

The system wasn't designed to handle this level of partisanship and lack of concern for the common good.

[brush]

3. There was a report Europeans are apalled that we haven't installed a fail-safe system...

after 2000 to make sure we don't get a disaster of a White House occupant.

It is sad that we are still going with the Electoral College after it has failed miserably in two out of the last five elections.

[Fluke a Snooker]

4. The Republican Party has proven that the system is absolutely broken

Actually, the entire Constitution was based upon 18th-century travel and white male-oppressionist representation, so one could credibly argue that the GOP is simply an extension of that mindset. We've made some inroads (ie, direct election of senators; income tax, vote for women, minorities, and lowering voting age from 21 to 18), but the overall structure of the form of US Government exacerbates the horrifying oppressive world we live in.

Look at California, however, to see how our government can evolve by negating all aspects of the Republican Party at the top level of government. With a supermajority in the legislature that will actually only get BIGGER in coming years, look to the state in enacting Single payer, eliminating fossil fuels, and instituting true civil rights that will start the migration process from wealthy whites to oppressed minorities, within years and not generations. Follow California.