Reply #30: What you say is likely to be true, but on the other hand.... [View All]

[radio4progressives]

it has occurred to me that there has been a movement sort off the radar screen for sometime to get this done - the difference between the last time it was voted on in Congress (which came very close to passing) the political climate was very different - despite the Goldwater types, there was far less bitterness, and acrimony in the nation- (i think largely due to the fairness doctrine being intact - keeping the hate mongering & propagandinistas at bay).

I tend to think that people across the political spectrum are disenchanted with both parties and how the system works, that new parties will be emerging probably on both ends of the spectrum, and will likely to be much more of threat to the two party hegemony that is in place now. This started up with Perot and then the Greens, and then Nader as independent - i believe that those who refuse to recognize these factors are doomed to repeat the history over and over again, until they quit being denial.

On the other hand, understanding what has been devloping in our political landscape, one can determine what kind of actions which would move forward to a more healthier and democratic system of representation, which would serve to STRENGTHEN the interests of the two major parties - most especially the Democratic Party - due of it's voter demographics, which is actually the MAJORITY of the entire nation's population.