Most on the Left, most on the Right, have never sold secrets to foreign governments. In the end, Kurt Stand and his circle betrayed the American Left as much as they betrayed America. On election day in Germany this past September, most news organizations covering the event focused on the fact that, after 16 years in power, the Christian Democratic Party's Helmut Kohl was turned out as chancellor, soon to be replaced by Social Democrat Gerhard Schroeder. To put that into perspective, imagine Ed Garvey having beaten Tommy Thompson. Unlike us, the Germans still consider Sunday a national day of rest.
Stores are closed and the pace of life slows down.
There are many fewer distractions for German voters, and fewer excuses not to vote. A more important factor has to do with Germany's parliamentary system, in which so-called minor political parties are capable of exercising considerable influence. Changing election day to a Sunday might help, but without meaningful choices in the voting booth, the majority of voters will still find better things to do. Exactly the same thing happened during alcohol prohibition when every high school had its own bootlegger. Entire schools were closed because of student drunkenness.