Is this Congress or Parliament?

It’s no wonder why the favorable poll ratings for congress are worse than the admittedly low Presidential standings.

In a parliamentary system, a government that loses a vote of no confidence is toppled and may even have to face new elections. Here our chief executive serves for a fixed term — four years, for all you civics students out there — and the members of his Cabinet, including the attorney general, and, yes, all those federal prosecutors who just got fired, serve at his pleasure. Not at the pleasure of the U.S. Senate. So what was the point of this motion of no confidence? The short answer: none at all.

At least the stupid resolution failed. That’s something, anyway.