How bad of shape has the US become?

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(02-24-2016, 04:17 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: I guess my issue with the last 16 years as a whole has been that we have seen our government go down the pot because of a lack of cooperation. I mean, the branches don't have to always agree, but it's be nice if they could at least get along.

Makes me wonder whether the presidential system of government has failed us.

Sometimes I wonder if the US governmental system and personnel has become a giant joke, or it always was an I'm just old enough and/or there is 24/7 coverage to make it more known.  It's sort of like blown calls in sports...are there more now, or do we notice more because they are shown 100 times from each angle in high definition during a 10 minute game stoppage?