The headlines said it all: Kennedy and Baker tied in poll.
With the 2016 elections still ahead, speculation about the 2018 governor's race has already begun to percolate. And who can resist the tantalizing prospect of a Kennedy – any Kennedy – challenging any incumbent Republican?
After observing, measuring and monitoring our nation's dysfunctional political system for more than two decades, I have come to recognize that it is broken beyond repair.
There is obviously something wrong when our two major political parties have each nominated a candidate for president who is viewed unfavorably by a majority of Americans. In 2016, the partisans will support their team or vote against the other while the remaining voters don't like either option.
