From Howard Dean regarding the vote on drilling in ANWR (which I believe has now passed):

But Mr. Reid was furious.
"We've become like the House of Commons. Whoever has the most votes wins. It hasn't worked that way in 216 years," he said.

Errr.... Call me crazy, but aren't we a democracy? And isn't that the sort of government in which the people with the most votes win? And haven't we been that way for 216 years? If Dean wants to be taken seriously as a leader, he should at least know what form of government we have, don't you think?