2013 Inauguration and Nothing New Under The Sun

Sometimes I begin to think that there is nothing new that a speech writer can come up with that hasn't been said, in one form or another, by somebody at some time.

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Such was the case with President Obama's Second Inaugural Address.  He turned a few nice phrases, but there were virtually no new ideas or proposals that could electrify the audience.  The reference to equality for gays is certainly not new but he did have a new way of expressing the concept of what "equal" means.  

Back to the old bluster and business of the GOP vs the President.  I wonder why it isn't  the GOP versus the Democrats in Congress rather than vs the President.
  
I swear, we ought to try a Parliamentary System some time with the party of the President being the party with the majority of the legislature.  I also like the single house of congress concept.  The last time the Budget had a surplus was under Bill Clinton and his party controlled both houses of Congress.  Don't you ever wonder if something different could work better?