I understand how you feel as the similarities between the two major political parties are striking. Yet, one party is far more clever politically than the other, hence they remain in power.
Attempting to change either party (at this point) is a huge challenge as the disconnect between government and the electorate is as great as I’ve ever seen.
I continue to hear the argument (strongly supported by the establishment) that a third party is hopeless. But, I continue to wonder if a third party isn’t now an easier path to representation than attempting to change either the existing Democrat or Republican parties.
“I continue to hear the argument (strongly supported by the establishment) that a third party is hopeless. But, I continue to wonder if a third party isn’t now an easier path to representation than attempting to change either the existing Democrat or Republican parties.”
A “third party” (one with a chance of being effective) will only emerge IF one of the existing parties begins shrinking.
Of the two “major” parties, which is ascendant, and which one appears to be in decline?
It should already be clear to many folks here that the Republican party no longer can claim to be a “national” party. In certain areas of the country (most notably the northeast and along the west and mid-atlantic coasts) the influence of the Pubbies has diminished to the point where the party is little more than a “white dwarf” — existant in name, but no longer capable of weilding any power.
The 2014 and 2016 elections will reveal whether the “Republican party” will have any kind of future — or if it will simply fade away towards irrelevance on the national scale.
If the Pubbies continue to act as they are acting now — as losers — and if they lose in ‘14 and again in ‘16, they may wither to the point where a new party may begin to emerge as a replacement. Not necessarily because the new party was gaining steam at a high rate, but because the Republcans were simply disappearin’.
The “Incredible Shrinking Republicans” will create a political vacuum.
Something must arise to fill it.