I might agree with Bernie Sanders about the need for a political revolution. But how far are we willing to go? Setting aside whether this revolution could ever be brought about peacefully, I am thinking of something far more radical than what Bernie has in mind.

By all accounts, our political system is disintegrating. The inconceivable has become commonplace. Think for a moment how absurd is the idea of Congress authorizing deficit payments only to refuse to pay when the bill comes due? And yet this self-imposed crisis is now considered the new normal.

The latest crisis is the Republican-led Congress refusing to hold hearings and a confirmation vote even before the President makes his appointment.  Advice and Consent. Or not. The blatant partisanship on display should offend anyone who cares deeply about the legitimacy of the American experiment. Congress has effectively neutered the Supreme Court. Is this not a co-equal branch? What is to stop a runaway Congress from refusing its constitutional duty whenever an opposite party occupies the White House. Is this the new normal?

The Revolution I have in mind is long past due. Our Constiution, a stroke of insight and genius for its day, is ineffective at handling an ideologically entrenched two party system. Madison well understood the corrosive effects partisanship would have on his grand creation. It presents a unique threat to our presidential system.

Presidential systems fail or become undemocratic in due time. So it is for us. Other countries abandoned the presidential system in favor of a parliamentarian one.  This is the real Revolution we need. The Constitution has long served its original purpose. We need a new one, dealing with the country as it is today.