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 disbursed fund administered only by the government of the candidates' constituency, would clean up a lot more of the ripoff system.
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.
evolution (Score:2)