tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051621605614945803.post5488167106489566136..comments2023-12-23T00:18:17.990-05:00Comments on Third Party and Independent Daily: Frum Forum Talks Third Party StrategyThirdPartyDailyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13992207263274562771noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051621605614945803.post-89151409498527865022010-10-20T13:21:35.029-04:002010-10-20T13:21:35.029-04:00One thing that limits the effectiveness of politic...One thing that limits the effectiveness of political parties is their lack of accountability to the voter. <br /><br />Because most states require individual that candidates be nomination by a primary election, politicians are normally organized by money and powerful incumbent politicians (ie DNC, RNC, Hill committees )<br /><br />One elected politician can't pass a law. One elected politician can't even get a bill out of committee! The voters tend to be much more interested in political platforms. Perhaps we should remind our favorite candidates of our lack of enthusiasm for any candidates that can't find a single other candidate that agrees with them - on even a single (specific) issue!<br /><br />The Internet allows candidates to jointly sign and cheaply distribute virtual platforms similar to the Republican "Contract with America," or The Democrat's "100 Hours Plan."<br /><br />IMO: Any party, or caucus of candidates, that makes use of this tactic will increase their clout with the voters.Jackhttps://sites.google.com/site/usvotersite/Homenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051621605614945803.post-22615312440325810002010-10-20T12:24:36.602-04:002010-10-20T12:24:36.602-04:00This mid-term election will be a bell-weather.
I...This mid-term election will be a bell-weather. <br /><br />If the tea partiers pull some upsets (especially if the GOP takes the senate), you'll see unification in the GOP that will carry them into 2012. A loss for either Crist or Kirk will cement the belief that centrist GOP'ers can't win.<br /><br />But if the dems keep the senate and exit polling shows that the GOP would have taken it with Castle, Spector, Crist, Murkowski, Grayson, Simmons, etc on the ballot instead of their tea party counterparts, there will be a lot of momentum for a "bull moose party" to claim the competent center-right that the GOP has abandoned -- you might even see Lieberman and McCain join in.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051621605614945803.post-39902028899690729692010-10-18T18:53:08.893-04:002010-10-18T18:53:08.893-04:00Thanks for posting this. It is very interesting.Thanks for posting this. It is very interesting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com