Contemporary Democracy, Foreign Perspective

Here's a fascinating editorial from the BBC regarding current politics in America. One nice thing the BBC does is they moderate commentary on articles--that way, the result is actual interesting discussion with a minimum of flaming (resulting in a flame war instead of a discussion). Furthermore, I'm intrigued at the views opined by people from what seem to be various regions of the world--perhaps mostly British of some sort, but still an "outside" perspective. I have found in my travels that an outside perspective on things can be vastly illuminating--and certainly, for American politics as well. Anyhow, I have a lot to say about this article because I find it so very refreshing to see some actual reasoned discussion going on--not to mention how it relates to my interests. I don't have the time to comment further now, but I highly recommend reading it (and the following commentary).