In addition to the decline in competition, American politics today is characterized by a growing ideological polarization between the two major political parties.

Presidents are elected not by direct popular vote but by 538 members of the Electoral College.

But presidential approval also became a surrogate measure of national unity and patriotism.

Knowledge of the soul would unfailingly make us melancholy if the pleasures of expression did not keep us alert and of good cheer.

We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way.

Responsibility for overseeing the implementation of election law typically resides with partisan officials, many with public stakes in the election outcome.

A healthy degree of party unity among Democrats and Republicans has deteriorated into bitter partisan warfare.

Congress requires states to draw single-member districts.

While Republican voters have remained universally supportive of their President, Democrats and Independents are returning to a more naturally critical stance.

Votes in federal elections are cast and counted in a highly decentralized and variable fashion, with no uniform ballots and few national standards.

Further-more, partisan attachments powerfully shape political perceptions, beliefs and values, and incumbents enjoy advantages well beyond the way in which their districts are configured.

We must persistently establish God’s truth and stand for it to the end

Write it as you see in your own perspective, you may be right or wrong but then what, that's how you see it

A gloomy view of things is at least one misfortune you can avoid.

We read our children stories starring elephants and monkeys and bears to teach them about nobility, curiosity and courage, to warn them against selfishness and stubbornness.

Duh! So, we're asking you now, what are some of your favorite lines that this warlock brain produced?

Howard Dean was endorsed by Al Gore. Now, if Dean could get Gray Davis to campaign for him, that would put him over the top.

I think all actors have a sadomasochistic streak, because acting is kind of brutal, you know.

I like to unwind by doing nothing. If I do get a day, I just like to vegetate and laze around.

It seems like the first law of Nature is that everybody likes to receive things, but nobody likes to feel grateful.