to those giving Obama full credit for disarming Syria without violence, I would remind you...

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101. "voters turn against the two party offerings and go third party. "

I hate to say but that has been the hue and cry for decades and it has never happened. The closest seemed to have occurred with Perot (not Nader as is often cited), who managed to get 19% of the popular vote as an "Independent" (non-aligned). That was the year that I so wanted to vote for Jerry Brown but he had dropped out by the time PA had its primary.

When the country is in turmoil or its parties are in turmoil, there is always this talk about "3rd party" but ultimately, the 2 "main" parties continue to prevail as they basically form the "coalitions" of the various "would-have-been-3rd-parties" who decided not to align with the smaller established parties. The trick is to try to cover all of those bases and interests and that can be difficult.

As a side note, there was a "voter revolt" in 2006 that catapulted the Democrats back to controlling the House after 12 years (when it was lost in 1994) and with the 2008 further push to vote, it seemed that the electorate decided that they had done their deed and there was no longer any need to come out due to "incumbency" and the high odds of those folks remaining in place for a long time. As they now hopefully see, that is not the case when you have a determined RW media machine. My parents grew up during the Depression and Roosevelt and my mother always talked about how the people had been so fed up that they threw the GOP out for 40 years (at least in Congress). I told her that sadly, that sort of thing is no longer the case. Alot more out there to distract - Bread and Circuses.

Back in the 90s, you saw the same sort of "states rights" thing with the GOP "purging voter rolls" like you see now with the "Voter ID" efforts. That is a sign that illustrates that the GOP knows they are hanging by a thread and its up to the Democratic party - at the STATE levels, to step up to take back their states so they can take back Congress completely. Where you are in California, that has essentially happened and as I understand it, the GOP has fled the state in droves. But for other states like mine in PA, it will take alot more effort. And this go-around, it's an uphill battle due to Citizens United and the gutting of the Election reforms. But we shall see.