"It's the Reason Other Problems Never Get Solved"

"As I've written here before, the country agrees with Democrats on nearly every issue now under debate—and by margins often exceeding 60/40. The list includes not just progressive economic policies like a minimum wage and paid family leave, but climate change, gun safety, gay marriage, the lifting of the Cuban embargo, all of the president's immigration reforms, every tax proposal and nearly every budget priority. We say we're polarized, but on these big issues we're as near to consensus as we ever get. Voters who agree with Democrats vote Republican because of their fury at the condition of their government. Democrats are the party of government. If the Democrats won't fix the government, voters won't let them near it."


Bill Curry in Salon argues that corruption is "the biggest problem facing our country."