Election 2012

[xoxoxoBruce]

True Dana, 35 years ago at Westinghouse Steam Turbine, complaints by civil rights groups prompted the hiring of a black man to head up personnel. But after he'd hired over 150 black people and no whites or Asians, they found out it isn't that simple.

[maineiac04631]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Of course not, none exists, but I believe he was addressing the reality that the two parties have locked up sufficient control to squash a third party run for anything but a local post.

Originally Posted by Adak

Oh, you can have more than two political parties, (and we do), but the way our gov't is set up by the Constitution, only two parties are ever likely to dominate any election.

The day will come when elections will not have primaries but there will be runoff elections, people will choose between 5 or 6 parties in the first round and then between the top two finishers in the second round.

This will probably happen after we start driving flying cars that run on sunlight, America is not that advanced yet.

[xoxoxoBruce]

I've been disappointed in Obamas lack of aggressiveness, and unwillingness to go back to the voters for support before the reelection campaign. I'll still vote for him.
This article sums up pretty how I feel about this election.

Here are the facts. The majority does not want war, it does not want unnecessary intrusions, and it wants to be humane toward the poor and sick and immigrants and gays. The other side is running out of angry white men to win elections. If this historic election goes to Obama, then the Republicans will never again mount a campaign based on such extremism, because the limited electoral appeal of this repressive ideology will have been exposed.
If even conditions of economic distress (though they’re much exaggerated by the Republicans) can’t secure a national election, then the Tea Party will be dead, extremism will be dead, and the Republicans might start contemplating moderation again, a la Jeb Bush or Jon Huntsman. They will pull back from the brink of extinction.