Actually, this describes very well the attitude of both major parties, all of the media, all of the lobbyists, and the entire permanent government represented by the civil service and the NGOs (we call them foundations here).
They all HATE, HATE, HATE elections, the very idea that one of them (or all of them) could lose the best job any of them will ever have over the uninformed actions of a bunch of rednecks and yahoos.
So, collectively, they do everything they can to control the elections they cannot (yet) prevent.
The People of the United States have ENORMOUS latent power, as much as the monarch in England - and almost as little chance of using it.
It is a bitter disappointment to me that the high water mark of the red-white-blue people power revolution came in 1994, and that we will not see such again in our lifetimes.
This farce of a "process" to select two loser candidates eleven months before OUR election, so that the maximum amount of advertising dollars can be extracted from the "two party system" while the people are deprived of any meaningful choice, again, is near collapse.
My hope is that there will be four or more candidates this year and that the President will be elected by the People's House, while the media melts down over the phony "Constitutional Crisis".
This would serve the function of a "Fully Informed Electorate Act", to teach our people how much power they really have.
Until the present rigged game is overthrown, nothing can change.
Interesting. What makes you think there wouldn't be some pretty slimy dealmaking in the rooms of the House of Reps, if your scenario ensues? And I cannot recal, but does the Constitution require reps voting for the tied candidates, or can they elect anyone?
You’re right, that probably is the attitude for both major parties, etc. The problem for the GOP is theat their voters or rather potential voters have principles and won’t vote for just anything with an R behind it. So, the GOP has the attitude, but they’re screwed, because their voters still make choices. Black Americans are screwed every election, because they vote as a block for people, who simply use and abuse them. Let’s hope the battle between Hillary and Barack becomes so bitter, so poisoned, that when Hillary finally pushes the Black man aside, the blinders will fall from the eyes of Black Americans and the will wake up.