Republican and Democratic Political Parties were an idea made up by man, and in less than a week later I assure you the original intent and idea was somehow corrupted, stolen or modified to benefit a special interest group and is now no longer what it was supposed to be. As far as Federal and State governments are concerned, when we are talking about that much money and power whatever happens is always controlled by those with the most money and power, just like it is at all levels of society. To believe otherwise is delusional. The only things that we the people can control is what we do among ourselves.