Political Change Requires Crisis

Here's former New York Comptroller H. Carl McCall, who lost the governor's race last year, in the November 17 New York Sun:

"We have found a way to bring about change in New York. And it's called utter failure.... That's the only way we make progress in this state, is when things fail."

In other words, our political system is so unresponsive to people's needs that crisis-mongering is the only way to bring about political change.