Onward and Goldenboy have some excellent points. I think the bottom line is that politics everywhere are bullshit. Whether in the US, the UK, Iraq, India, or the corporate boardroom. You can spray it with perfume, wrap it in fancy paper, and put a ribbon on it but it's still bullshit. U.S. politics just get more attention and scrutiny because we're such a major influence on the rest of the world. Or at least that's what we likt to think