Structurally, the system has always had major problems leading to drift on any big issues.
The Presidency has been a failed institution because it has devolved, originally by constitutional mandate, to focus on trade and commerce, and on diplomacy. It is not supposed to declare war, but in practice has evolved in the direction of fighting wars not declared.
The Middle East, and Asia, represent the two aspects of the Presidential Aberration, too much war in one, and too much trade in the other.
It has been a bipartisan problem.
The Congress was designed to drift around and never to do very much. It usually accomplishes that.
The Supreme Court was never supposed to do very much, and it normally accomplishes that.
The Presidency was designed to do much the same. Good examples of the trade prong of the Presidential Aberration are Prestowitz' Trading Places, and the article in Foreign Affairs "Trading American Interests".
A quite good example of the Presidential trade prong Aberration is the current Pacific trade deal.
NAFTA and WTO were great examples under Clinton.
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