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Originally Posted by kane
As Baddog said we do actually have many parties to pick from. We just have two major ones. The reason the others are not major tend to be for one 1 of 2 reasons. Either they are very far from mainstream and only a niche party or they are very poorly run.
These smaller parties often focus just on the presidential election which they have no hope in hell of winning. They should be focusing on getting people elected at the local level. Get them into seats in state houses and senates. Get them onto city council and into positions at the state and local level. If they can get a number of candidates into office on local levels and people see that they are good and that it works they start expanding up. Work on getting some congressional reps and senators in Washington, mayors of big cities and possibly even governors. All of this would slowly help them build their credibility and the size and power of the party so they could one day compete on the national stage.
The problem is that most of these parties are disorganized and often run and/or controlled by crackpots. It just reminds me of something I once heard said about legalizing weed. The reason nobody takes the legalizing pot movement seriously is because the spokesman they elect is always stoned.
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Actually, as a person that has been deeply involved in several congressional campaigns, I have to disagree with you here. The true reason is that the Dem's and Republicans have total control over the distribution of money, media access, and infrastructure in the campaign process, not only to the exclusion of any other party but also potential candidates WITHIN the parties. Ron Paul is running as a Republican because its the only way he can be part of the process at all. Money and media control politics, and the Dems and Reps have written the rules so that NO ONE else has access to either.
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