![George W. Bush experienced the systemic flaws of the two-party system in 2004, when he decided to pursue a previously bipartisan issue, space. Says professor Frances Lee, according to Ezra Klein: “Democrats had no position on sending a mission to Mars. [But] they suddenly began to develop one:?They began to believe it was a waste of money.](http://www.metro.us/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/64b53c5ab5ff037aa9d0ae2edd958c9f-157x117.jpg)
Metropolitik: Why voting third-party isn’t a waste
So long as we vote for D’s and R’s, we suffer.
Metropolitik: What’s next for the GOP?
It’s going to be a long, nasty election season, folks.
Metropolitik: What’s bringing Obama down?
Polls showed that the president’s approval rating had dropped to a 2012 low of 41 percent.
Campaign goes south: Pandering for the vote
You might be a redneck if you’re voting in the Deep South primaries.
Metropolitik: Ultimately the numbers will decide the nominee
No matter how well any of the not-Romneys do, the math matters, and ultimately the numbers will decide the nominee.
Metropolitik: Patriots and other dangerous groups
A new report alleges an explosion of radical right hate groups since the election of President Barack Obama.
Metropolitik: We can trust th next president, right?
We thought we’d take some time to discuss a figure often overlooked in
all the fevered angling to beat President Obama: President Obama.
Metropolitik: Who is Saul Alinsky, and who cares?
We speak of late conservative media prankster Andrew Breitbart, who shook the political landscape with his “Big” Web expose.
Metropolitik: What’s so super about Super Tuesday?
It’s Super Tuesday — the four remaining Republican presidential candidates will vie for their slice of the proportional delegate pie.
Metropolitik: The GOP election by the numbers
Mitt Romney won the day on Tuesday (following Santorum’s surprise
February hat trick) with a pair of much-needed wins against his
Republican primary opponents. Or did he?