The US needs an election rout

Divided government is no longer a good operating environment in Washington - at least when it comes to Congress.

We need an election rout and one of our parties to dominate. It's the only way to get the country moving in a healthy direction.

The current situation in which nothing seen as a victory for the other party can pass leads us stuck in a debt straight jacket. It's no good.

But the question remains which party will dominate. And that assumes the status quo doesn't prevail. But I'm starting to expect a rout might be in order. There is too much unhappiness with our elected representatives. We are collectively still trying to determine where exactly to aim our ire.

If Newt Gingrich is the candidate, I'd expect the Republicans to be sent packing. And my earlier prediction for a GOP disintegration still seems possible.

If Mitt Romney is the candidate, I think we'd see a close election and neither party dominating.

But Ron Paul could muddy the GOP picture - leading most likely to a Democratic dominance.