That was certainly a well thought out response. You stated, “I also hope to see the RNC and even the DNC to remove the Party-controlled Primary rules currently in place. The National Parties along with the MSM pick the candidate ... the voters are not in this formula at all;” that touchs on a thought I’ve had for some time, i.e., that there’s certainly something amiss with the way the “parties” are functioning these days. And of course, we’re all aware of the problems with MSM having sold out and having abandonned their traditional role, but that’s an entirely different topic. I’m utterly unimpressed by any of the current crop of potential candidates; most have no real grounding in traditional conservative values and this has caused a near melding of the two parties at the center. As a result, each election cycle we seem left with nothing other than the choice between the lesser of the evils; which of course means we’re left with an evil of one form or another. The feel I have for this is that the “party” system has broken down in much the same way the entire system has broken down, i.e., that the National organizations have way too much control, money, influence, etc. and thus the local organizations have lost any real ability to guide or direct the national organizations. One example of how this isn’t working is that the so-called Platforms are largely ignored altogether. Another huge problem that this has caused is that Candidates aren’t properly vetted and feel totally unaccountable to the “folks back home”. The mess this has caused is rapidly spinning out of control because, as seen in the last election, our elections are causing more and more extreme swings of the political pendulum such that we seem to get less workable, stable economic direction and policy. It may be the case that the only way out of this mess is to somehow capture some of the “fire-in-the-belly” of these tea party movements to inspire people to vociferously participate in their local party apparatus such that they can wrest some power away from the amorphous, largley independent National organization. I don’t know; it’s just a thought. Maybe it has something to do with the way the parties are funded, but I’ve never had the luxury of the time to research that matter. However, on the surface, it does appear that the entire funding system for these elections is completely out of control.
I agree. Wholeheartedly.
Vetting surely has been shown a major problem in this last election as no entity (State or National) will take responsibility for doing it.
The National Parties can fix themselves, however my guess is they do not want to at this point. The MSM will never again report as they are into manufacturing the news.
Funding is a major problem. One ‘fix’ I’d like is get the $1.00 on the IRS form to be for National Debt repayment and not election payments.
I agree, very good response glide625.