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reply posted on 8-7-2008 @ 07:19 PM by SKMDC1
You can tell from other threads that I'm an Obama backer, but I won't go into why anyone should vote for one guy or the other. I have my reasons for thinking he's the best guy for the job, whatever...

...However, what I want to mention is the idea of a broken 2 party system. I think that is absolutely accurate. The 2 party system has been broken for quite a while. The farce of Kerry V. Bush was a spotlight on what's wrong with this system. The same people were behind both of them. Anyway, I think this years campaign has shown that we're in a place where a third party can actually happen. Obama's primary victory was against a party icon and he won by using the internet in a smarter way than any politician in history. He basically laid out the ground game for a viable third party candidate. McCain's campaign was almost as outsider. The GOP insiders hated him and tried everything they could to end his campaign, but the voters chose him *because* he was the least party identified of the lot. Both Primary winners basically ran third party Primaries, if that makes sense, and won them.

Now, all of that is over since they are the Party's nominees, but I think it shows that if the right person with the right qualities comes along, the people can make a difference and end the 2 party sham. If someone came along with Ron Paul's brains and mastery of the issues, AND Obama's eloquence and media savvy I think a general election could look a lot like the Primaries. It will take someone with Obama's media skills to get the attention, and someone with Pauls intelligence/experience to answer the critics that will come from both sides. Not and easy thing to do, but for the first time I can actually see the possibility.

FWIW, I think a successful third party platform would be a mix Paul's small government and conservative economics with Obama's social responsibility and modern world view. Hopefully that will happen in my lifetime.
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