Sorry, “intransigent” not “intrangient” in my recent post.

We’ve recently seen a political party become polarized between those who would compromise to some extent to achieve some goal or part of a goal, and religious-type zealots who brooked no compromise — to the extent of blocking even otherwise acceptable candidates for judgeships and a willingness to send the country into economic crisis rather than allow the other party to do anything about anything. The intrangient wing is now flapping the U.S. government into a shambles.

California is hardly an apt model for the other 49 states. Since compromise is basic to any democratic system (including the small r republican version), having two such parties in an essentially two party system in a nation is a recipe for a quick end to democracy in my opinion.