Very interesting paper indeed. There is no doubt that this is an issue for the US now. The political parties seems to be very focused on their interests rather than the interests of the common good.
If you take Al Gore as an example than you see that only when power seems out of range, there is a reason to start focus on the issues with the current system.

Many of the founding fathers of the United States would be a bit surprised if they saw what the US has become in terms of power distribution.