I've been listening to some tapes from a conference held by the
Rockford Institute and was particularly interested in one speaker who said we really don't have two political parties. We have only one and its name is "the establishment." The main policy of the establishment party is to keep itself in power. Whatever it takes to do that is the guiding principle of the "establishment." Stay in office and leave office after a long, enjoyable career very, very rich.
That's why so many politicians who go to Washington on a reform platform immediately reverse themselves. The establishment makes it crystal clear that they will be shunned and never belong to the club if they dare to buck the establishment. As the speaker said, once the politician is elected, the voters who wanted reform disappear until the next election.
