I came up with a way to describe American plitics: Every restaurant in the country has to pick a single soft drink to serve.

Sure, Coke makes Sprite and Pepsi makes Sierra Mist (or is it the other way around?). And Coke makes Nestea while Pepsi makes Lipton tea (or is it the other way around?). But when you're competing to be the Only One, you put your money behind your top gun. And all the other guys combined don't have the advertising budget of either Coke or Pepsi.

So we all end up arguing over whether Coke or Pepsi is better. And drinking cola.