Any casual observer of US politics can see that our system of government is broken.

[The Madcap]

8. The two-party system is also largely to blame.

Multi-party systems require consensus between some of the parties to get anything done. Here, whichever party is in charge pretty much dominates. There is no debate within the parties that we are privy to. It's us vs. them. Unfortunately, issues are not typically black and white, so to get the best solution, you have to debate and reason. That doesn't happen in the U.S. Here, it's just a football game between two nearly equal sides, and there's no third (or fourth, fifth, etc.) party to change the balance.

Maybe I'm a bit idealistic about it, but I would think true centrists or moderates would love to have their own parties instead of having to choose. So, between the two we have, the D's are the obvious choice for the thinking person, as the R's are just appalling.