Judging from what I've seen of Nader in the past, he's not going to "call it quits". He seems to just want to show people that there is not just a Democratic vote or a Republican vote; quitting would undermine his entire reason for being in the race. I'm sure he'll still have his little 2% taking away from the Democrats come Election Day.
We really need to switch to a runoff (preferably instant runoff) election where you can vote for third parties without it being considered a protest vote.
With proportional voting ("instant runoff"), the parties wouldn't have as much control over the candidate pool from which we choose. So more people could run, an opportunity for more diversity. Reducing political parties to a mere endorsement role, by permitting only the activities of any other private membership club, would make them even less disproportionately powerful. Prohibiting any bribes to candidates, either direct or soft-money through their party, by allowing donations only to a simple equally di
I don't understand it either. The problem, as I see it, came in the Democratic primaries. They spent the entire primary season throwing fluff at each other, not campaigning on any issues. I started having a serious dislike for Kerry when the primaries began and he could talk about nothing but his war record. Anyone who remembers the primary debates I assume would agree here...that's all he campaigned on.
I liked Edwards and Dean, but the electorate apparently didn't think either of them had the politica
Something is seriously wrong with a system that comes up with Bush vs. Kerry (or Bush vs. Gore, etc...) as the "best" candidates for president.
People keep saying this, and stuff like "why oh why are we stuck with two choices". It's called democracy. Its called the primaries. How many Republicans ran for president in 2000? How many Democrats ran in 2004? Answer to both: plenty.
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Not really. (Score:5, Interesting)
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As it is, for me, this will be 20 plus years of voting against someone.
Something is seriously wrong with a system that comes up with Bush vs. Kerry (or Bush vs. Gore, etc...) as the "best" candidates for president.
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I liked Edwards and Dean, but the electorate apparently didn't think either of them had the politica
Re:Not really. (Score:1)
People keep saying this, and stuff like "why oh why are we stuck with two choices". It's called democracy. Its called the primaries. How many Republicans ran for president in 2000? How many Democrats ran in 2004? Answer to both: plenty.