| As you can see, you mostly get partisan answers that aren't at all reliable. I think Unted4peace explains it best.
Now, I can't resist my own partisan take on it:
Remember that since the U.S.A. is the most powerful country in the world, it has a vested interest in preserving the status quo, and thus the politics are EXTREMELY conservative. If a politician steps even one toe left of center, the other politicians start pointing and shouting that he's a leftist radical. |